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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Bruce Bechdel marry his wife?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) Germany.

3. Where did the author's mother study acting?
(a) Ottawa.
(b) New Brunswick.
(c) New York City.
(d) Miami.

4. The author says in Chapter 1 that being raised by her father was not like being raised by Jimmy Stewart but by whom?
(a) Bette Davis.
(b) Amanda Stewart.
(c) Donna Reed.
(d) Martha Stewart.

5. The title of Chapter 2: "A Happy Death," alludes to a novel written by what author?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Albert Camus.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) James Joyce.

6. Who is the "cultured, dissipated, and penniless European art collector" that the heroine marries in The Portrait of a Lady?
(a) Gilbet Osmond.
(b) Morris Townsend.
(c) William Anderson.
(d) James Fletcher.

7. What word from Chapter 1 refers to skillful use of one's hands when performing conjuring tricks?
(a) Antagonism.
(b) Legerdemain.
(c) Imperialism.
(d) Gregarious.

8. Who is the "smooth-talking fortune hunter" in The Heiress that the author describes in Chapter 3?
(a) James Waldrop.
(b) William James.
(c) Edgar Spency.
(d) Morris Townsend.

9. The author writes in Chapter 1 that "In the circus, acrobatics where one person lies on the floor balancing another are called" what?
(a) "Daedalus Games."
(b) "Homeric Games."
(c) "Icarian Games."
(d) "Epicurian Games."

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

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

12. The author compares her aesthetic to her father's in Chapter 1, saying that she was Spartan to her father's what?
(a) Egalitarian.
(b) Victorian.
(c) Egyptian.
(d) Athenian.

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

14. Into what war was Bruce Bechdel drafted?
(a) The Vietnam War.
(b) World War II.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Korean War.

15. Who is the author of Delta of Venus?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) Anaïs Nin.
(c) Radclyffe Hall.
(d) Elsa Gidlow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the home where Alison Bechdel grew up?

2. What play were Bruce Bechdel and his wife performing in when they met?

3. Who is the 77-year-old poet who is referenced as a lesbian in the panel on page 74?

4. In what year did Bruce Bechdel die?

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

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