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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alison Bechdel's Fun Home is a graphic memoir that is filled with literary allusions. What book by James Joyce is alluded to with the title of Chapter 1: "Old Father, Old Artificer"?
(a) Ulysses.
(b) Dubliners.
(c) Finnegan's Wake.
(d) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

2. What is the name of the author's brother who is a year younger than her?
(a) Paul.
(b) Christian.
(c) John.
(d) Peter.

3. 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) 1 week earlier.
(d) 2 months earlier.

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

5. What childhood fictional character does Joan describe as "a total imperialist" in the panel from page 80?
(a) Alice.
(b) Mickey Mouse.
(c) Christopher Robin.
(d) Jiminy Cricket.

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

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

8. How did Alison Bechdel inform her parents that she was gay?
(a) By phone call.
(b) By email.
(c) By telling them in person.
(d) By letter.

9. What gift did the author's mother give to Joan immediately after Bruce's funeral?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A ring.
(c) A book.
(d) A necklace.

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

11. What is the date printed on the passport photo from the author's trip to Europe with her family in Chapter 3?
(a) September 1, 1971.
(b) June 3, 1969.
(c) March 13, 1963.
(d) June 29, 1967.

12. When did Alison Bechdel's parents purchase their home?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1965.

13. How old was F. Scott Fitzgerald when he died?
(a) 44.
(b) 49.
(c) 35.
(d) 51.

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

15. Where is the home where Alison Bechdel grew up?
(a) Mapleton, MA.
(b) New Hope, PA.
(c) Brigdon, NY.
(d) Beech Creek, PA.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Bruce Bechdel when he died?

2. How old was the author when her father died?

3. How many gestures of affection does the author describe witnessing between her parents in Chapter 3?

4. Who is the author of The Well of Loneliness?

5. How long prior to his death did Bruce Bechdel's wife ask him for a divorce?

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