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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 Well of Loneliness?
(a) Morris Townsend.
(b) Radclyffe Hall.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) Elsa Gidlow.

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

3. The author says in Chapter 3, "Dad was passionate about many writers, but he had a particular reverence for" whom?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

4. What novel is the play The Heiress based on?
(a) The Sun Also Rises.
(b) To Have and Have Not.
(c) The Great Gatsby.
(d) Washington Square.

5. Who is the heroine in Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady?
(a) Emily Wharton.
(b) Marie Antoinette.
(c) Edna Waldrop.
(d) Isabel Archer.

6. Where did the author convince her parents to buy her hiking boots during their trip to Europe in her childhood?
(a) Norway.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

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

8. What kind of truck was involved in Bruce Bechdel's death?
(a) A Getty Gas truck.
(b) A Borden Milk truck.
(c) A Duncan Hines truck.
(d) A Sunbeam Bread truck.

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

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

11. What is the name of the author's youngest brother?
(a) Paul.
(b) John.
(c) Christian.
(d) Peter.

12. 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) "Hairy fingertips."
(b) "Precision robot arms."
(c) "Enslaved legs and arms."
(d) "Gilded wings."

13. What gift does the author describe having bought for herself after receiving a letter from her mother after coming out in Chapter 3?
(a) A men's suit.
(b) A book.
(c) A Swiss army knife.
(d) A pair of earrings.

14. How long before her father's death did Bechdel come out to her parents as gay?
(a) 2 weeks earlier.
(b) 4 months earlier.
(c) 2 months earlier.
(d) 1 week earlier.

15. From what children's book does the author's father's read to her in the bedtime panel in Chapter 1?
(a) James and the Giant Peach.
(b) April Rabbits.
(c) Just So Stories.
(d) Alice in Wonderland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author claim was her father's passion but not his job in Chapter 1?

2. Who is the author of Delta of Venus?

3. The title of Chapter 3, ""That Old Catastrophe," is an allusion to what poem by Wallace Stevens?

4. Over how many years does the author say her father restored their home?

5. What gift did the author's mother give to Joan immediately after Bruce's funeral?

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