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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Race & Entertainment Essays 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who is the green girl rising?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Maria.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Joan.

2. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who is the noted as the main character in the novel Green Girl?
(a) Maria.
(b) Jenny.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Ruth.

3. According to the essay "Surviving Django," what was "Django" nominated for?
(a) A Grammy.
(b) Nothing.
(c) An Oscar.
(d) A Golden Globe.

4. In the essay "The Smooth Surfaces of Idyll," what does Gay say is not a popular topic in fiction?
(a) Sex.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Death.
(d) Marriage.

5. According to James Wood (a writer Gay references in the essay "Not Here to Make Friends"), characters should be reflections of what?
(a) Our glorified selves.
(b) Our better selves.
(c) Our real selves.
(d) Our perfect selves.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the essay "Beyond the Measure of Men," what two authors wrote novels that are classified as "women's fiction"?

2. What short story collection contains many stories with seemingly unlikeable women, according to the essay "Not Here to make Friends"?

3. What is the name of the Junot Diaz collection that Gay analyzes in "How We All Lose"?

4. In the essay "Dear Young Ladies Who Love Chris Brown," who is Gay's primary audience?

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

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