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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 6, "The Ideal Husband" is an allusion to the play "An Ideal Husband" written by whom?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Edward Albee.
(c) Radclyffe Hall.
(d) Oscar Wilde.

2. What color did the author's father fill in the gypsy caravan with in the coloring book in Chapter 5?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Pink.
(d) Yellow.

3. On what date did Oscar Wilde face trial for sodomy and gross indecency?
(a) April 26, 1895.
(b) May 12, 1888.
(c) March 10, 1875.
(d) June 29, 1899.

4. As an aspect of her obsessive-compulsive disorder, what did the author avoid at all costs?
(a) Newspaper articles about the war.
(b) Books and letters that began with "M."
(c) Odd numbers and multiples of 13.
(d) Cracks in the sidewalk.

5. Who created the illustrations for The Wind in the Willows coloring book that the author describes in Chapter 5?
(a) Wallace Stevens.
(b) Gilbet Osmond.
(c) E. H. Shepard.
(d) E. M. Forster.

6. What novel by Oscar Wilde does the author allude to with the line "The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it"?
(a) The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
(b) De Profundis.
(c) A House of Pomegranates.
(d) The Picture of Dorian Gray.

7. Whose father delivered a note accusing Oscar Wilde of being a sodomite, which later led to a libel suit?
(a) Morris Townsend's father.
(b) Wallace Stevens's father.
(c) James Forster's father.
(d) Alfred Douglas's father.

8. What word from Chapter 5 means self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness?
(a) Maudlin.
(b) Gregarious.
(c) Antagonistic.
(d) Legerdemain.

9. What author does Bechdel recall reading regarding her obsessive-compulsive disorder when she was a child?
(a) Dr. Spock.
(b) Morris Townsend.
(c) Radclyffe Hall.
(d) E. H. Shepard.

10. What was the name of Bruce Bechdel's father?
(a) Homer.
(b) Claude.
(c) Marcus.
(d) Henry.

11. On what date did Oscar Wilde die?
(a) November 30, 1900.
(b) June 29, 1899.
(c) March 10, 1875.
(d) April 26, 1895.

12. What grade does the author describe getting on her algebra test in her diary entry in Chapter 6?
(a) 58.
(b) 69.
(c) 98.
(d) 77.

13. Who wrote Alison Bechdel's mother's favorite poem?
(a) T. S. Elliot.
(b) Wallace Stevens.
(c) Elsa Gidlow.
(d) E. M. Forster.

14. What did the Drs. Gryglewicz give to the author's mother on her opening night of the play in Chapter 6?
(a) A bouquet of roses.
(b) A bouquet of lilies.
(c) A bouquet of pansies.
(d) A bouquet of daisies.

15. Where did Bruce Bechdel attend college?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) Pennsylvania State University.
(d) Ohio State University.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Bechdel families were listed in the phone book in the author's home town, as accounted in Chapter 5?

2. What was Helen Bechdel's maiden name?

3. How old was the author when she claims her "father's secret almost surfaced" in Chapter 6?

4. Over what mountains does the author describe her sunrise rising as a child in Chapter 5?

5. What phrase began creeping into the author's journal entries in April, according to Bechdel in Chapter 5?

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