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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 "Typical First Year Professor," what does the narrator compare compiling her professional portfolio to?
(a) Arts and crafts for adults.
(b) Making music.
(c) Paint by number for adults.
(d) A game.

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?
(a) Lolita.
(b) Revolutionary Road.
(c) Last Night.
(d) Little Women.

3. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what is the name of Gay's original nemesis?
(a) Hank.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Henry.
(d) Marty.

4. According to the essay "How We All Lose," what does every writer have?
(a) An inner critic.
(b) An obsession.
(c) A demon.
(d) A dream.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the essay "Reaching for Catharsis," what kind of camp does Gay attend as a teenager?

2. According to the essay "Beyond the Struggle Narrative," what is the name of the main female character in "12 Years a Slave"?

3. According to the essay "How We All Love," what percent of the 535 seats in the 113th Congress do women represent?

4. 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"?

5. In the essay "Not Here to Make Friends," what does Gay say was dead to her as a teenager?

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