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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

3. How old was the author when her father died?
(a) 16.
(b) 21.
(c) 19.
(d) 22.

4. What author had Bruce Bechdel become immersed in the year before he died?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Marcel Proust.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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

Short Answer 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"?

2. What gift does the author describe having bought for herself after receiving a letter from her mother after coming out in Chapter 3?

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

4. How far away was the author in college when her father died?

5. In what year did Bruce Bechdel die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What literary allusions does the author make in describing her mother in Chapter 3?

2. How would you describe the graphics style of Fun Home?

3. What does the title of Chapter 4, "In the Shadow of the Young Girls in Flower" allude to?

4. What literary allusion is tied to lilacs in Chapter 4?

5. How and why does the author allude to It's a Wonderful Life in Chapter 1?

6. What does the title of Chapter 3, "That Old Catastrophe" allude to? Why is this significant?

7. What symbolism is related to the Swiss Army knife that appears in Chapter 3?

8. What does the title of Chapter 2, "A Happy Death" allude to?

9. What symbolism does the author relate to the obelisk in Chapter 2?

10. From what narrative perspective is Fun Home related? Why do you think the author chose this perspective?

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