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

2. What was the name of Bruce Bechdel's brother?
(a) Ed.
(b) Tim.
(c) Jack.
(d) Roger.

3. What novel is the play The Heiress based on?
(a) The Great Gatsby.
(b) Washington Square.
(c) To Have and Have Not.
(d) The Sun Also Rises.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the author's brother who is a year younger than her?

2. How did Alison Bechdel inform her parents that she was gay?

3. The author describes her childhood home as being built in a brief moment of wealth from the lumber industry in what year?

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

5. Who is the "cultured, dissipated, and penniless European art collector" that the heroine marries in The Portrait of a Lady?

Short Essay Questions

1. What facts are established through the author's exposition in Chapters 1 and 2?

2. What allusions are made to the works of F. Scott Fitgerald in Chapter 3?

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

4. What mythological allusions does the author make in Chapter 1?

5. How does the author describe her impressions of her father's death in Chapter 2?

6. What symbolism does the author illuminate in her father's library in Chapter 3?

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

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

9. How does the author describe her family's trip to Europe in Chapter 3?

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

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