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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Typical First Year Professor" and "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In "Peculiar Benefits," what two things does Gay cite as being a pain?
(a) Being white and being a woman.
(b) Being young and being a a woman.
(c) Being black and being young.
(d) Being black and being a woman.
2. In the essay To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically, what does Gay say you cannot do at a Scrabble tournament?
(a) Pee.
(b) Cheat.
(c) Yell.
(d) Cry.
3. Approximately how old is the narrator in "Typical First Year Professor"?
(a) In her late twenties.
(b) In her fifties.
(c) In her forties.
(d) In her thirties.
4. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." how does Gay describe feeling at the end of graduate school?
(a) Excited.
(b) Confident.
(c) Scared.
(d) Burnt out.
5. In "Typical First Year Professor," what holiday does the narrator reference in her comparison of teaching to a child sitting at an adult dinner table?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Easter.
(c) Thanksgiving.
(d) Christmas.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Peculiar Benefits," what does Gay accuse too many people of becoming?
2. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what game is Gay playing and referring to?
3. In "Typical First Year Professor," what does the narrator compare compiling her professional portfolio to?
4. In "Typical First Year Professor," what does Gay do before teaching her first class?
5. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what is the name of Gay's Scrabble sensei?
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