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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) "Daedalus Games."
(c) "Homeric Games."
(d) "Icarian Games."

2. What author had Bruce Bechdel become immersed in the year before he died?
(a) Marcel Proust.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) James Joyce.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

3. Where did the author convince her parents to buy her hiking boots during their trip to Europe in her childhood?
(a) Norway.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

4. Who is the babysitter that Alison Bechdel's mother described her father having an affair with during their phone call in Chapter 3?
(a) Jack.
(b) Roy.
(c) James.
(d) Roger.

5. What skillful craftsman and artist from Greek mythology does the author compare her father to in Chapter 1?
(a) Daedalus.
(b) Ares.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Apollo.

6. The author says of her father in Chapter 1, "He used his skillful artifice not to make things, but to make things appear to be" what?
(a) "Beautiful."
(b) "What they were not."
(c) "Pristine."
(d) "Historical."

7. What play were Bruce Bechdel and his wife performing in when they met?
(a) The Taming of the Shrew.
(b) The Tragedy of Macbeth.
(c) All's Well that Ends Well.
(d) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

8. How many gestures of affection does the author describe witnessing between her parents in Chapter 3?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

10. Alison Bechdel's Fun Home is a graphic memoir that is filled with literary allusions. What book by James Joyce is alluded to with the title of Chapter 1: "Old Father, Old Artificer"?
(a) Finnegan's Wake.
(b) Dubliners.
(c) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
(d) Ulysses.

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

12. How did F. Scott Fitzgerald die?
(a) He swallowed a bottle lid.
(b) He had a heart attack.
(c) He was in a car accident.
(d) He drowned.

13. On what date did the author receive a message to contact her mother immediately because her father had been killed?
(a) 5/3/76.
(b) 12/1/75.
(c) 6/29/80.
(d) 7/2/80.

14. What is the name of the author's youngest brother?
(a) Paul.
(b) Peter.
(c) Christian.
(d) John.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Over how many years does the author say her father restored their home?

2. The title of Chapter 3, ""That Old Catastrophe," is an allusion to what poem by Wallace Stevens?

3. When did Alison Bechdel's parents purchase their home?

4. Who is the heroine in Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady?

5. 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?

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