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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gender & Sexuality Essays 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what is the name of Gay's Scrabble sensei?
(a) Fred.
(b) Roger.
(c) Martin.
(d) Marty.

3. What HBO television series created by Lena Dunham does Gay analyze in the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls"?
(a) "Girls."
(b) "Say Yes to the Dress."
(c) "Project Runway."
(d) "Sex and the City."

4. In the essay "How We All Lose," what is the name of the first book that Gay criticizes for being too limited?
(a) Men Without Women.
(b) Big Little Liars.
(c) Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus.
(d) The End of Men.

5. In "Typical First Year Professor," what does Gay do before teaching her first class?
(a) Scream.
(b) Cry.
(c) Vomit.
(d) Have a nightmare.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Typical First Year Professor," what holiday does the narrator reference in her comparison of teaching to a child sitting at an adult dinner table?

2. What female issue does Gay say in complex, in her essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles"?

3. In "Peculiar Benefits," where does Gay travel with her family to learn about privilege?

4. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," what is the best word to describe the novel Green Girl?

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

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