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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of the novel Maurice that is alluded to in Chapter 3?
(a) Radclyffe Hall.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) E. M. Forster.

2. What author had Bruce Bechdel become immersed in the year before he died?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Marcel Proust.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

3. What does the word "qualmish" mean in Chapter 3?
(a) Insistent.
(b) Worried.
(c) Gregarious.
(d) Nauseated.

4. Over how many years does the author say her father restored their home?
(a) 12.
(b) 15.
(c) 18.
(d) 22.

5. Of her father, the author writes in Chapter 1, "... my brothers and I were free labor. Dad considered us extensions of his own body, like" what?
(a) "Gilded wings."
(b) "Enslaved legs and arms."
(c) "Hairy fingertips."
(d) "Precision robot arms."

6. What play were Bruce Bechdel and his wife performing in when they met?
(a) The Tragedy of Macbeth.
(b) The Taming of the Shrew.
(c) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
(d) All's Well that Ends Well.

7. Who is the 77-year-old poet who is referenced as a lesbian in the panel on page 74?
(a) Elsa Gidlow.
(b) Jennifer Roberts.
(c) Christine Roth.
(d) Marie Antony.

8. What film does the author describe her parents taking the family to see when it opened in 1974?
(a) To Have and Have Not.
(b) Cassablanca.
(c) The Maltese Falcon.
(d) The Great Gatsby.

9. How many gestures of affection does the author describe witnessing between her parents in Chapter 3?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

10. What skillful craftsman and artist from Greek mythology does the author compare her father to in Chapter 1?
(a) Daedalus.
(b) Ares.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Apollo.

11. How old was Alison Bechdel when she realized she was a lesbian?
(a) 12.
(b) 22.
(c) 16.
(d) 19.

12. Who is the author of The Well of Loneliness?
(a) Elsa Gidlow.
(b) Morris Townsend.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Radclyffe Hall.

13. Who is the male leading role in the play where the author's parents met?
(a) Macbeth.
(b) Petruchio.
(c) Mr. Darcy.
(d) Hamlet.

14. What classic movie with Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed does the author allude to in Chapter 1?
(a) Rear Window.
(b) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
(c) It's a Wonderful Life.
(d) Vertigo.

15. How does the author describe Joan after their meeting in Chapter 3?
(a) "Joan was a poet and a 'matriarchist.'"
(b) "Joan was a musician and a short-story writer."
(c) "Joan was a mechanic and a laborer."
(d) "Joan was an academic and an intellectual."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the author's youngest brother?

2. How did F. Scott Fitzgerald die?

3. From what children's book does the author's father's read to her in the bedtime panel in Chapter 1?

4. Why did the author complain about the wallpaper her father chose for her room in Chapter 1?

5. What was the name of Bruce Bechdel's brother?

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