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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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) Alice in Wonderland.
(d) Just So Stories.

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

8. Where was Bruce Bechdel when he died?
(a) Route 80.
(b) Route 150.
(c) His mother's house.
(d) The funeral home.

9. How far away was the author in college when her father died?
(a) 10 hours away.
(b) 2 hours away.
(c) 5 hours away.
(d) 4 hours away.

10. What is the name of Alison Bechdel's mother?
(a) Eleanor.
(b) Emily.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Helen.

11. When was Bruce Bechdel born?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1936.

12. What did Bruce Bechdel teach?
(a) English.
(b) Calculus.
(c) Biology.
(d) Drama.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Of what material was Bruce Bechtel's tombstone made?

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

4. What aromas does the author describe her father having smelled of in Chapter 1?

5. Who is the babysitter that Alison Bechdel's mother described her father having an affair with during their phone call in Chapter 3?

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