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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. According to the essay "The Spectacle of Broken Men," what was the relationship between the man and the girl who was raped?
(a) He was her brother.
(b) He was her father.
(c) He was her step-father.
(d) He was her uncle.

2. In the essay "Some Jokes Are Funnier Than Others," who stands up in defense of women who have been raped?
(a) The comedian's sister.
(b) A woman in the audience.
(c) A man in the audience.
(d) The comedian's agent.

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

4. In the essay "Not Here to Make Friends," what does Gay think about the question of likeability even existing in literary conversations?
(a) That it is necessary.
(b) That it is sad.
(c) That it is vital.
(d) That it is odd.

5. In "Typical First Year Professor," what does Gay do before teaching her first class?
(a) Have a nightmare.
(b) Vomit.
(c) Cry.
(d) Scream.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her essay "Some Jokes Are Funnier Than Others," what does Gay say that humor about sexual violence suggests?

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

3. In the essay "Dear Young Ladies Who Love Chris Brown," who is Gay's primary audience?

4. According to the essay "The Trouble with Prince Charming," what word best describe Christian Grey?

5. In "How to Be Friends with Another Woman," what emphatic word does Gay tell women to use when speaking the truth to other women?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the essay "The Trouble with Prince Charming, or He Who Trespassed Against Us," what is the truth about fairytales?

2. What does the sole female participant say to comedian Daniel Tosh in the essay "Some Jokes Are Funnier Than Others"?

3. In the essay "What We Hunger For," why is Gay afraid to say no to her boyfriend?

4. In the essay "Not Here to Make Friends," what does Gay state might be behind the likeability trends in contemporary society?

5. In the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls," why does Gay fall so hard for the television show "Girlfriends"?

6. In the essay "Peculiar Benefits," what is the main lesson Gay learns while in Haiti?

7. Why does Gay suggest that readers are not to like the character Countess Olenska, as referenced in the essay "Not Here to Make Friends"?

8. In the essay "The Spectacle of Broken Men," why does Gay say society lets athletes get away with criminal behavior?

9. In the essay "Some Jokes Are Funnier Than Others," why did the class clown get in trouble?

10. In the essay "The Careless Language of Sexual Violence," why does Gay find the rape that occurred in Texas so appalling?

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