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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bad Feminist: Take One & Take Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Oscar say everytime he leaves his house, according to the essay "The Last Day of a Young Black Man"?
(a) "I love you."
(b) "Good-bye."
(c) "I am sorry."
(d) "Thanks for everything you have done."

2. In "What We Hunger For," what is the name of the book series with which Gay is obsessed?
(a) The Hunger Games.
(b) Sweet Valley High.
(c) Little Women.
(d) Outlander.

3. In the essay "The Trouble with Prince Charming," what teenage book series does Gay mention is a modern day fairytale?
(a) The Boxcar series.
(b) The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo series.
(c) The Twilight series.
(d) The Sweet Valley High series.

4. What sport do both Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield participate in, as mentioned in the essay "I Once Was Miss America"?
(a) Cheerleading.
(b) Volleyball.
(c) Track.
(d) Golf.

5. According to the essay "A Tale of Two Profiles," what magazine featured Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its cover?
(a) Vanity Fare.
(b) Time.
(c) The Rolling Stone.
(d) The Atlantic.

Short Answer Questions

1. As stated in the essay "The Morality of Tyler Perry," what is the median age for a first marriage, for men?

2. In her essay "Tragedy. Call. Compassion. Response," how does Gay describe Winehouse?

3. What does Gay state, in her essay "The Illusion of Safety," that life apparently requires?

4. In the essay "When Twitter Does What Journalism Cannot," how long was Texas state senator Wendy Davis standing outside in protest?

5. According to the essay "A Tale of Three Coming Out Stories," what popular journalist "came out" in 2012?

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