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

2. According to the essay "How to Be Friends width Another Woman," who should a woman never date or become romantically involved?
(a) Her friend's significant other.
(b) Her friend's father.
(c) Her friend's brother-in-law.
(d) Her friend's brother.

3. Approximately how old is the narrator in "Typical First Year Professor"?
(a) In her forties.
(b) In her thirties.
(c) In her fifties.
(d) In her late twenties.

4. What is the name of the Junot Diaz collection that Gay analyzes in "How We All Lose"?
(a) "This is How You Lose Her."
(b) "This is How you Love Her."
(c) "On Beauty."
(d) "Death of a Salesman."

5. What sport do both Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield participate in, as mentioned in the essay "I Once Was Miss America"?
(a) Cheerleading.
(b) Volleyball.
(c) Golf.
(d) Track.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what is the name of Gay's original nemesis?

2. In "How to Be Friends with Another Woman," what emphatic word does Gay tell women to use when speaking the truth to other women?

3. In the essay "How We All Love," what phrase does Moran, author of "How to Be a Woman," want to reclaim?

4. In "Peculiar Benefits," what two things does Gay cite as being a pain?

5. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what game is Gay playing and referring to?

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