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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the essay "Holding Out for a Hero," what does Gay say that heroism can be?
2. According to the essay "Surviving Django," what was "Django" nominated for?
3. According to the essay "The Solace of Preparing Fried Foods," what is the name of the white woman who wrote The Help?
4. According to the essay "When Less Is More," what is name of the white female prisonor on "Orange Is the New Black"?
5. According to the essay "The Alienable Rights of Women," in what year did women in the United States begin having the right to terminate a pregnancy?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the essay "When Less Is More," what phrase does Gay repeat and why does she make that decision?
2. In the essay "The Solace of Preparing Fried Foods," why does Gay cry when watching "The Help"?
3. In the essay "The Morality of Tyler Perry," who is Tyler Perry?
4. According to the essay "The Last Day of a Young Black Man," what does Gay think of the film "Fruitvale Station"?
5. What is Gay's main criticism of "Orange Is the New Black," as analyzed in her essay "When Less Is More"?
6. In the essay "The Racism We All Carry," what personal experience does Gay include at the end to illustrate racism's prevalence?
7. In the essay "The Last Day of a Young Black Man," how is Oscar portrayed in the film?
8. In her esssay "Surviving Django," what are Gay's primary criticisms of "Django"?
9. In the essay "A Tale of Two Profiles," what did the "Rolling Stone" do that appalled Gay?
10. In the essay "The Alienable Rights of Women," what does Gay mean by suggesting that women have good memories?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay explaining how the author uses the characters of Ruth (from the novel Green Girl) and Maria (from the novel Play It as It Lays) to strengthen her argument of the juxtaposed performance that women play in novels and in society. Use the quote, "She wants to lose herself as much as she wants to find herself" to explore this idea.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay explaining how the author establishes narrative reliability and the impact it has on the reader. What specific techniques and narrative decisions does she make in an effort to be reliable?
Essay Topic 3
Most of the essays entail both personal experience and external evidence. Write an essay analyzing the author's choices to balance personal and societal information in the collection. How does her inclusion of both affect the narrative tone?
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