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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what role was the author's mother performing in the play when she met her husband?
(a) Lady Bracknell.
(b) Juliet.
(c) Miss Malaprop.
(d) Katherina.

2. Who is the male leading role in the play where the author's parents met?
(a) Petruchio.
(b) Mr. Darcy.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Macbeth.

3. The author compares her aesthetic to her father's in Chapter 1, saying that she was Spartan to her father's what?
(a) Victorian.
(b) Egyptian.
(c) Egalitarian.
(d) Athenian.

4. What aromas does the author describe her father having smelled of in Chapter 1?
(a) Fish, eggs, and laundry.
(b) Sawdust and sweat and designer cologne.
(c) Laundry soap, wool, and attic dust.
(d) Car grease and toothpaste and soap.

5. The author writes in Chapter 1 that "In the circus, acrobatics where one person lies on the floor balancing another are called" what?
(a) "Epicurian Games."
(b) "Icarian Games."
(c) "Daedalus Games."
(d) "Homeric Games."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author convince her parents to buy her hiking boots during their trip to Europe in her childhood?

2. The author says in Chapter 1 that being raised by her father was not like being raised by Jimmy Stewart but by whom?

3. Where was Bruce Bechdel when he died?

4. What is the date printed on the passport photo from the author's trip to Europe with her family in Chapter 3?

5. From what children's book does the author's father's read to her in the bedtime panel in Chapter 1?

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