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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. In the essay "Surviving Django," where does Gay say she was born?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Kenya.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Haiti.
2. Accrding to the essay "The Racism We All Carry," where does Paula Deen live?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) New Orleans.
3. As mentioned in the essay "The Racism We All Carry," what sort of rules about racism have made Deen popular?
(a) Nationally proclaimed.
(b) Unspoken.
(c) Out dated.
(d) Novel.
4. As mentioned in the essay "Tragedy. Call. Compassion. Response," what does Gay say tests the limits of language?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Grief.
(c) Death.
(d) Tragedy.
5. In the essay "When Less Is More," what does Gay say that Piper owns?
(a) Her own house.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her own solar system.
(d) A Porsche.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the essay "The Solace of Preparing Fried Foods," what is the name of the white woman who wrote The Help?
2. According to the essay "The Morality of Tyler Perry," with what does Perry have a finely honed obsession?
3. In her essay "The Alienable Rights of Women," what does Gay say about history?
4. In her essay "A Tale of Two Profiles," how does Gay describe Tsarnaev as looking?
5. What does the magazine journalist try to evoke for Tsarnaev in her article, according "A Tale of Two Profiles"?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the essay "Beyond the Struggle Narrative," what types of roles is it acceptable for black women to play in hollywood films?
2. In the essay "When Twitter Does What Journalism Cannot," why does Gay say we need both traditional journalism and social media?
3. In the essay "Beyond the Struggle Narrative," why does Gay dislike the film "12 Years a Slave"?
4. In the essay "When Less Is More," what phrase does Gay repeat and why does she make that decision?
5. In the essay "The Solace of Preparing Fried Foods," why does Gay cry when watching "The Help"?
6. In the essay "The Morality of Tyler Perry," who is Tyler Perry?
7. According to the essay "The Last Day of a Young Black Man," what does Gay think of the film "Fruitvale Station"?
8. In the essay "Holding Out for a Hero," how does Gay define heroism?
9. In her esssay "Surviving Django," what are Gay's primary criticisms of "Django"?
10. In the essay "The Alienable Rights of Women," what does Gay mean by suggesting that women have good memories?
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