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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 "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." what BET show does it take Gay a long time to appreciate?
2. What book does Gay reference in her essay "Beyond the Measure of Men" as an example of short stories that tell the many ways men and women failure one another?
3. In the essay "The Careless Language of Sexual Violence," what phrase refers to a culture where where it is acceptable for males to treat females violently?
4. According to the essay "How We All Love," what percent of the 535 seats in the 113th Congress do women represent?
5. According to the essay "The Trouble with Prince Charming," what word best describe Christian Grey?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the essay "Not Here to Make Friends," what does Gay state might be behind the likeability trends in contemporary society?
2. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," how does Gay respond when she hears all the rules to the game?
3. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what disturbing news does Gay receive while at the tournament?
4. In the essay "Reaching for Catharsis," what is Gay's primary criticism of the book, Skinny?
5. In the essay "The Spectacle of Broken Men," why does Gay say society lets athletes get away with criminal behavior?
6. In the essay "The Trouble with Prince Charming," how are readers supposed to respond to Ana's character in the Fifty Grades series?
7. In the essay "What We Hunger For," why is Gay afraid to say no to her boyfriend?
8. Accordingly to the essay "A Tale of Three Coming Out Stories," how do people react when a celebrity comes out as gay?
9. In the essay "I One Was Miss America," what is Gay's reaction after reading the sequel to the Sweet Valley High books?
10. When Gay reflects on the book by Jennifer Pozner in her essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," how does she say women are portrayed in reality television?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay arguing which of the essays contains the most literary merit. Describe the essay and explain what literary aspects deem the essay excellent.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of the book. How does the title support Gay's theme of feminism and overall narrative tone?
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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