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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In "Typical First Year Professor," what does the narrator compare compiling her professional portfolio to?
(a) A game.
(b) Arts and crafts for adults.
(c) Paint by number for adults.
(d) Making music.
2. In her essay "A Tale of Three Coming Out Stories," what does Gay suggest that people feel most comfortable with?
(a) Uncertainty.
(b) Gays.
(c) Classification.
(d) Friends.
3. In the essay "Not Here to Make Friends," what popular movie does Gay reference as an example of a woman pretending in a relationship?
(a) Gone Girl.
(b) Runaway Bride.
(c) Bridesmaids.
(d) Girl with the Dragon Tatoo.
4. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," what is the best word to describe the novel Green Girl?
(a) Cunning.
(b) Searing.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Tragic.
5. In the essay "Some Jokes Are Funnier Than Others," what has the comedian done that appalls Gay?
(a) Raped many women.
(b) Told rape jokes.
(c) Sexually harassed his female co-workers.
(d) Told death jokes.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who is noted as the main character in the novel Play It as It Lays?
2. In the essay "Blurred Lines, Indeed," why does Gay suggest a woman might not want to tell her story publicly?
3. What is the name of the protagonist of the Hunger Games series, as referenced in "What We Hunger For"?
4. 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?
5. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what is the name of Gay's original nemesis?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Typical First Year Professor," how does Gay react before teaching her first class?
2. In the essay "How We All Love," how does Gay describe Junot Diaz's writing style?
3. In the essay Peculiar Benefits, what does Gay say is most important to do when it comes to privilege?
4. Why does Gay suggest that safety is an illusion, in the essay "The Illusion of Safety"?
5. When Gay reflects on the book by Jennifer Pozner in her essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," how does she say women are portrayed in reality television?
6. In the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls," what is Gay's main criticism of the show "Girls"?
7. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," Gay references the novel Play It as It Lays and introduces the female protagonist Maria. How does Maria relate her experience of motherhood?
8. In the essay "Reaching for Catharsis," what is Gay's primary criticism of the book, Skinny?
9. In the essay "How We All Lose," what is Gay's main criticism of Rosin's book The End of Men?
10. In the essay "The Illusion of Safety," what is the purpose of listing all the detailed visceral reactions at the beginning?
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