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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gender & Sexuality Essays 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What HBO television series created by Lena Dunham does Gay analyze in the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls"?
(a) "Project Runway."
(b) "Girls."
(c) "Say Yes to the Dress."
(d) "Sex and the City."

2. In "How to Be Friends with Another Woman," what emphatic word does Gay tell women to use when speaking the truth to other women?
(a) Girl.
(b) Lady.
(c) Sweetheart.
(d) Honey.

3. What is the name of the contemporary artist that Gay references in the essay "The Smooth Surfaces of Idyll"?
(a) Vincent Van gogh.
(b) Thornton Dial.
(c) Frida Kahol.
(d) Andy Warhol.

4. In the essay "Reaching for Catharsis," what kind of camp does Gay attend as a teenager?
(a) Fat camp.
(b) Band camp.
(c) Skinny camp.
(d) Outdoor camp.

5. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." what does Gay repeatedly think to herself when around her co-workers?
(a) Please do not hate me.
(b) Please be my friend.
(c) Please be kind to me.
(d) Please like me.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." what BET show does it take Gay a long time to appreciate?

2. Who does Gay overhear speaking poorly about her while in graduate school, in the essay "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me?"

3. According to the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," what do women on reality television shows rarely demonstrate?

4. What female issue does Gay say in complex, in her essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles"?

5. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." how does Gay describe feeling at the end of graduate school?

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