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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Bruce Bechdel when he died?
(a) The funeral home.
(b) His mother's house.
(c) Route 80.
(d) Route 150.

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

3. What childhood fictional character does Joan describe as "a total imperialist" in the panel from page 80?
(a) Alice.
(b) Mickey Mouse.
(c) Jiminy Cricket.
(d) Christopher Robin.

4. Who is the "smooth-talking fortune hunter" in The Heiress that the author describes in Chapter 3?
(a) William James.
(b) James Waldrop.
(c) Edgar Spency.
(d) Morris Townsend.

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

6. How long before her father's death did Bechdel come out to her parents as gay?
(a) 2 weeks earlier.
(b) 4 months earlier.
(c) 2 months earlier.
(d) 1 week earlier.

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

8. What novel is the play The Heiress based on?
(a) Washington Square.
(b) To Have and Have Not.
(c) The Sun Also Rises.
(d) The Great Gatsby.

9. What kind of truck was involved in Bruce Bechdel's death?
(a) A Sunbeam Bread truck.
(b) A Borden Milk truck.
(c) A Duncan Hines truck.
(d) A Getty Gas truck.

10. What is the name of Alison Bechdel's mother?
(a) Emily.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Helen.

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

12. How did Alison Bechdel inform her parents that she was gay?
(a) By telling them in person.
(b) By email.
(c) By phone call.
(d) By letter.

13. 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?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Simile.
(d) Literary allusion.

14. Of what material was Bruce Bechtel's tombstone made?
(a) Marble.
(b) Fieldstone.
(c) Granite.
(d) Bronze.

15. When did Alison Bechdel's parents purchase their home?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1969.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe Joan after their meeting in Chapter 3?

2. In what year did Bruce Bechdel die?

3. Into what war was Bruce Bechdel drafted?

4. Who is the author of the novel Maurice that is alluded to in Chapter 3?

5. What does the word "qualmish" mean in Chapter 3?

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