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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Race & Entertainment Essays 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Orange Is the New Black" is based on what genre of books, according to her essay "When Less Is More"?
(a) Memoir.
(b) Romance.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Fantasy Fiction.

2. In her essay "The Last Day of a Young Black Man," what does Gay accuse the film "Fruitvale Station" of being?
(a) Tragic.
(b) Sarcastic.
(c) Sentimental.
(d) Unrealistic.

3. 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.

4. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what game is Gay playing and referring to?
(a) Poker.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Scrabble.
(d) Uno.

5. In the essay "The Illusion of Safety," what sort of reactions does Gay experience to her triggers?
(a) Mental.
(b) Visceral.
(c) Imaginary.
(d) Emotional.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the essay "Not Here to Make Friends," what does Gay think about the question of likeability even existing in literary conversations?

2. In the essay "How We All Love," what phrase does Moran, author of "How to Be a Woman," want to reclaim?

3. According to the essay "Surviving Django," what was "Django" nominated for?

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

5. In the essay "What We Hunger For," what happened to Gay as a teenager in the woods?

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