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

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

3. In "How to Be Friends with Another Woman," what emphatic word does Gay tell women to use when speaking the truth to other women?
(a) Girl.
(b) Lady.
(c) Honey.
(d) Sweetheart.

4. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what game is Gay playing and referring to?
(a) Uno.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Scrabble.
(d) Poker.

5. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who is noted as the main character in the novel Play It as It Lays?
(a) Maria.
(b) Jenny.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Ruth.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," what do women on reality television shows rarely demonstrate?

2. What is the name of the Junot Diaz collection that Gay analyzes in "How We All Lose"?

3. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who is the noted as the main character in the novel Green Girl?

4. In "Girls, Girls, Girls," what is the film mentioned by Gay as an example of film revolutionizing female characters?

5. In "Typical First Year Professor," what does Gay do before teaching her first class?

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