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Alison Bechdel
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Fun Home Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Alison Bechdel
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What word from Chapter 1 refers to skillful use of one's hands when performing conjuring tricks?
(a) Gregarious.
(b) Antagonism.
(c) Imperialism.
(d) Legerdemain.

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

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

5. Who is the author of the novel Maurice that is alluded to in Chapter 3?
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Radclyffe Hall.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) E. M. Forster.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author compares her aesthetic to her father's in Chapter 1, saying that she was Spartan to her father's what?

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

3. What aromas does the author describe her father having smelled of in Chapter 1?

4. The author says in Chapter 1 that being raised by her father was not like being raised by Jimmy Stewart but by whom?

5. What film does the author describe her parents taking the family to see when it opened in 1974?

Short Essay Questions

1. How would you describe the language style of Fun Home?

2. What symbolism does the author illuminate in her father's library in Chapter 3?

3. What facts are established through the author's exposition in Chapters 1 and 2?

4. What symbolism does the author relate to the obelisk in Chapter 2?

5. What does the title of Chapter 3, "That Old Catastrophe" allude to? Why is this significant?

6. What literary allusions does the author make in describing her mother in Chapter 3?

7. From what narrative perspective is Fun Home related? Why do you think the author chose this perspective?

8. How does the author describe her father's love of gardening in Chapter 4?

9. How does the author describe her "coming out" to her parents in Chapter 3?

10. What literary allusion is tied to lilacs in Chapter 4?

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