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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Politics, Gender & Race Essays 1 & 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the essay "Beyond the Measure of Men," what two authors wrote novels that are classified as "women's fiction"?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.
(b) John Updike and Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Ernest Hemingway and Richard Yates.
(d) John Updike and Richard Yates.

2. What is the name of the disorder that is fantasized by the Fifty Shades of Grey series, according to the essay "The Trouble with Prince Charming"?
(a) Bipolar.
(b) BDMS.
(c) PTSD.
(d) Depression.

3. In "How to Be Friends with Another Woman," what emphatic word does Gay tell women to use when speaking the truth to other women?
(a) Honey.
(b) Girl.
(c) Sweetheart.
(d) Lady.

4. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," what is the best word to describe the novel Green Girl?
(a) Cunning.
(b) Humorous.
(c) Tragic.
(d) Searing.

5. According to the essay "The Trouble with Prince Charming," what literary classification applies to the Fifty Shades of Grey series?
(a) Horror.
(b) Mystery.
(c) Creative nonfiction.
(d) Fairy tale.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the name of the actress whom was abused by her famous husband, as mentioned in the essay "Dear Young Ladies Who Love Chris Brown"?

3. According to the essay "When Twitter Does What Journalism Cannot," what buildings would have been destroyed had senator Davis not convinced the legislation to not pass?

4. In the essay "Some Jokes Are Funnier Than Others," what major event were the children watching in their science classroom?

5. In "Girls, Girls, Girls," what is the film mentioned by Gay as an example of film revolutionizing female characters?

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