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

2. In what year did Bruce Bechdel die?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1980.

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

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

5. Why did the author complain about the wallpaper her father chose for her room in Chapter 1?
(a) It was solid red.
(b) It was pink with flowers.
(c) It was blue with stripes.
(d) It was green and white dots.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the "cultured, dissipated, and penniless European art collector" that the heroine marries in The Portrait of a Lady?

4. How old was Alison Bechdel when she realized she was a lesbian?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the author describe her impressions of her father's death in Chapter 2?

3. How does the author describe her father's profession and obsessions in Chapter 1?

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

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

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

7. What allusions are made to the works of F. Scott Fitgerald in Chapter 3?

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

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

10. What does the title of Chapter 2, "A Happy Death" allude to?

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