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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In one of the illustrated panels in Chapter 1, the author says, "When I grow up, my house is going to be all metal, like" what?
(a) "A submarine."
(b) "A silo."
(c) "A spaceship."
(d) "A prison."

2. What vision compelled the author in the dream she describes in Chapter 5?
(a) A robin.
(b) A snake.
(c) A sunset.
(d) An eagle.

3. What was the name of Bruce Bechdel's mother?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Helen.
(c) Marie.
(d) Dorothy.

4. To what religion did the author's mother ascribe?
(a) Christian Scientist.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Episcopalian.

5. Who is the author of Delta of Venus?
(a) Elsa Gidlow.
(b) Anaïs Nin.
(c) Radclyffe Hall.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the author when her "actual obsessive-compulsive disorder began"?

2. What author had Bruce Bechdel become immersed in the year before he died?

3. On what street did the author grow up?

4. Consider the following sentence from Chapter 1: "His shame inhabited our house as pervasively and invisibly as the aromatic must of aging mahogany." What literary device is used in this sentence?

5. How long prior to his death did Bruce Bechdel's wife ask him for a divorce?

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