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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The title of Chapter 3, ""That Old Catastrophe," is an allusion to what poem by Wallace Stevens?
(a) "Sunday Morning."
(b) "Odysseus."
(c) "A Nail in the Coffin."
(d) "Two Roads Diverged."

2. Where is the home where Alison Bechdel grew up?
(a) Beech Creek, PA.
(b) Brigdon, NY.
(c) New Hope, PA.
(d) Mapleton, MA.

3. The author says in Chapter 3, "Dad was passionate about many writers, but he had a particular reverence for" whom?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

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

5. Where did Bruce Bechdel marry his wife?
(a) Spain.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many gestures of affection does the author describe witnessing between her parents in Chapter 3?

2. What childhood fictional character does Joan describe as "a total imperialist" in the panel from page 80?

3. Who is the male leading role in the play where the author's parents met?

4. The author writes in Chapter 1 that "In the circus, acrobatics where one person lies on the floor balancing another are called" what?

5. What was the Alison Bechdel's mother's favorite poem?

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