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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long prior to his death did Bruce Bechdel's wife ask him for a divorce?
(a) 2 days prior.
(b) 2 months prior.
(c) 2 weeks prior.
(d) 1 week prior.

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

3. What did Bruce Bechdel teach?
(a) Drama.
(b) English.
(c) Biology.
(d) Calculus.

4. What gift did the author's mother give to Joan immediately after Bruce's funeral?
(a) A bracelet.
(b) A book.
(c) A ring.
(d) A necklace.

5. How old was the author when her father died?
(a) 21.
(b) 19.
(c) 22.
(d) 16.

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

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

8. How old was Alison Bechdel when she realized she was a lesbian?
(a) 16.
(b) 19.
(c) 12.
(d) 22.

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

10. What is the date printed on the passport photo from the author's trip to Europe with her family in Chapter 3?
(a) June 3, 1969.
(b) September 1, 1971.
(c) March 13, 1963.
(d) June 29, 1967.

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

12. What does the author describe her father rinsing her with in the bathtub as a child in Chapter 1?
(a) A blue bucket.
(b) A red bucket.
(c) A purple metal cup.
(d) A white plastic cup.

13. Where did the author's mother study acting?
(a) New Brunswick.
(b) Miami.
(c) New York City.
(d) Ottawa.

14. Who is the heroine in Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady?
(a) Isabel Archer.
(b) Edna Waldrop.
(c) Emily Wharton.
(d) Marie Antoinette.

15. Who is the 77-year-old poet who is referenced as a lesbian in the panel on page 74?
(a) Christine Roth.
(b) Jennifer Roberts.
(c) Marie Antony.
(d) Elsa Gidlow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What novel is the play The Heiress based on?

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

3. What is the name of Alison Bechdel's mother?

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 does the author claim was her father's passion but not his job in Chapter 1?

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