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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gender & Sexuality Essays 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls," what group of people are often left out of popular cultures (such as television shows and films)?
(a) Hispanics.
(b) Women over forty.
(c) People of color.
(d) Women.

2. What is the name of the book that Gay references in "The Smooth Surfaces of Idyll," noting that the many of the characters find happiness?
(a) The Great Gastby.
(b) Game of Thrones.
(c) My Sister's Keeper.
(d) Game of Secrets.

3. In "Peculiar Benefits," what two things does Gay cite as being a pain?
(a) Being young and being a a woman.
(b) Being black and being a woman.
(c) Being black and being young.
(d) Being white and being a woman.

4. According to the essay "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," how many possible Scrabble words exist in "completely"?
(a) 227.
(b) 207.
(c) 235.
(d) 200.

5. What female issue does Gay say in complex, in her essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles"?
(a) Death.
(b) Sex.
(c) Pregnancy.
(d) Abortion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls," Gay suggests that women want a television series or move that is what?

2. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," what is the best word to describe the novel Green Girl?

3. In "Typical First Year Professor," what does the narrator compare compiling her professional portfolio to?

4. In the essay "Reaching for Catharsis," how many pounds overweight is the main character of the novel Skinny?

5. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what game is Gay playing and referring to?

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