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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gender & Sexuality Essays 9-13.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What sport do both Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield participate in, as mentioned in the essay "I Once Was Miss America"?
(a) Track.
(b) Volleyball.
(c) Cheerleading.
(d) Golf.
2. What television show does Gay say she studies for advice on law in her essay "The Spectacle of Broken Men"?
(a) House of Cards.
(b) Rescue 911.
(c) CNN.
(d) Law and Order.
3. According to James Wood (a writer Gay references in the essay "Not Here to Make Friends"), characters should be reflections of what?
(a) Our real selves.
(b) Our glorified selves.
(c) Our perfect selves.
(d) Our better selves.
4. In the essay "How We All Love," the definition of what assaulting act continues to expand, in favor of women?
(a) Rape.
(b) Murder.
(c) Alcohol Abuse.
(d) Domestic Abuse.
5. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," what is the best word to describe the novel Green Girl?
(a) Searing.
(b) Cunning.
(c) Tragic.
(d) Humorous.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the essay "I Once Was Miss America," what is the name of the woman who actually wins Miss America?
2. In the essay "A Tale of Three Coming Out Stories," a son of a lesbian couple testifies in their defense. In what state did that couple live?
3. In the essay "The Spectacle of Broken Men," what did many people call the man who killed the rapist?
4. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what game is Gay playing and referring to?
5. What is the name of the Junot Diaz collection that Gay analyzes in "How We All Lose"?
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