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

2. What role does the author describe her mother playing in The Importance of Being Earnest in Chapter 6?
(a) Gertrude.
(b) Juliet.
(c) Lady Bracknell.
(d) Lady Macbeth.

3. On what street did the author grow up?
(a) Willow Street.
(b) Anderson Street.
(c) Riverview Avenue.
(d) Maple Avenue.

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

5. 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 pansies.
(b) A bouquet of lilies.
(c) A bouquet of roses.
(d) A bouquet of daisies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color did the author's father fill in the gypsy caravan with in the coloring book in Chapter 5?

2. When did President Nixon resign as a result of the Watergate scandal?

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

4. What vision compelled the author in the dream she describes in Chapter 5?

5. Where did Bruce Bechdel attend college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the locusts that the author describes in Chapter 6?

2. With whom did Alison Bechdel and her brothers go to stay for several days in Chapter 6? Why?

3. How did the author respond when she began menstruating in Chapter 6?

4. How does the author describe the changes in her diary in Chapter 6?

5. How does the author describe her first foray into poetry in Chapter 5?

6. How did the author feel about rehearsing lines with her mother in Chapter 6?

7. What play does the author describe her mother in rehearsals for in Chapter 6? Why is this significant?

8. What impacts of her parents' "creative solitude" does the author describe in Chapter 5?

9. What does the author describe her mother discovering on an audio tape in Chapter 5?

10. Why does the author go into depth regarding the geography of her hometown in Chapter 5?

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