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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What gift did the author's mother give to Joan immediately after Bruce's funeral?
(a) A book.
(b) A ring.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A bracelet.
2. What does the author describe her father rinsing her with in the bathtub as a child in Chapter 1?
(a) A red bucket.
(b) A purple metal cup.
(c) A white plastic cup.
(d) A blue bucket.
3. The title of Chapter 3, ""That Old Catastrophe," is an allusion to what poem by Wallace Stevens?
(a) "Sunday Morning."
(b) "Odysseus."
(c) "Two Roads Diverged."
(d) "A Nail in the Coffin."
4. Who is the author of The Well of Loneliness?
(a) Elsa Gidlow.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Morris Townsend.
(d) Radclyffe Hall.
5. Where did the author's mother study acting?
(a) Miami.
(b) New Brunswick.
(c) New York City.
(d) Ottawa.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the author describe her father's headstone in Chapter 2?
2. Where was Bruce Bechdel when he died?
3. The author says in Chapter 3, "Dad was passionate about many writers, but he had a particular reverence for" whom?
4. The author compares her aesthetic to her father's in Chapter 1, saying that she was Spartan to her father's what?
5. Of what material was Bruce Bechtel's tombstone made?
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