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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gender & Sexuality Essays 9-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 like me.
(c) Please be kind to me.
(d) Please be my friend.

2. In the essay "I Once Was Miss America," what is the name of the woman who actually wins Miss America?
(a) Lila Fowler.
(b) Cindy Crawford.
(c) Vanessa Williams.
(d) Jessica Wakefield.

3. In the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls," what group of people are often left out of popular cultures (such as television shows and films)?
(a) People of color.
(b) Hispanics.
(c) Women.
(d) Women over forty.

4. In the essay "How We All Love," the definition of what assaulting act continues to expand, in favor of women?
(a) Rape.
(b) Domestic Abuse.
(c) Alcohol Abuse.
(d) Murder.

5. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." what BET show does it take Gay a long time to appreciate?
(a) Sassy Ladies.
(b) Boyfriends.
(c) Girlfriends.
(d) Sex and the City.

Short Answer Questions

1. What HBO television series created by Lena Dunham does Gay analyze in the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls"?

2. In the essay To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically, what does Gay say you cannot do at a Scrabble tournament?

3. What television show does Gay say she studies for advice on law in her essay "The Spectacle of Broken Men"?

4. In "Typical First Year Professor," what holiday does the narrator reference in her comparison of teaching to a child sitting at an adult dinner table?

5. Approximately how old is the narrator in "Typical First Year Professor"?

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