Difficult Women Test | Final Test - Hard

Roxane Gay
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 175 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Difficult Women Test | Final Test - Hard

Roxane Gay
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 175 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. What does David do with the narrator when they go for a walk in the snowy woods?

2. What do Ben and Natasha do with the baby they have been given to care for?

3. What is the stone thrower afraid of when he and his glass wife go to the opera?

4. When does Hanna do her best thinking in the story "How"?

5. What does Milly look like in the story "Best Features"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the reader learn about the stone thrower through the eyes of his glass wife at the end of the story?

2. Why does the narrator's mother in the story "A Pat" tell her to befriend the saddest and most desperate people?

3. What does the stone thrower's wife enjoy most about her days?

4. What is appealing to Rebekah about her affair with Father Michael?

5. Why is Natasha in "Break All the Way Down" repelled by dogs?

6. Why does Natasha seem to feel responsible for her child's fatal accident in "Break All the Way Down"?

7. What does Teresa tell Stephanie that surprises her at the end of the story "In the Event of My Father's Death"?

8. Why is Natasha in the story "Break All the Way Down" in her relationship with the man she calls her boyfriend?

9. What Bible story did Nora Minty, Father Michael's mother, tell to Father Michael many times?

10. What does Father Michael realize at the end of "Bad Priest" about his mother's knowledge of his private life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout this book of short stories, Gay explores the lives of many different kinds of women of different races, ages, socioeconomic classes, and sexual orientations. Many of her female characters have suffered terrible traumas and abuses. Why do you think Gay titled her book Difficult Women, and how do you think she would define so-called "difficult woman" after reading all of the stories in this collection?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the metaphors Gay uses in the story "The Sacrifice of Darkness" to explain the desperation and subjugation of the working classes. Cite specific references from the text in your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing how Father Michael Patrick Minty's character faults and flaws in the story "Bad Priest" are related to his position of power, authority and prestige in the church. What does Gay seem to be trying to say about religion and faith through her depiction of Father Minty's character?

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