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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 "Girls, Girls, Girls," Gay suggests that women want a television series or move that is what?
(a) Inspiring.
(b) Relatable.
(c) Funny.
(d) Romantic.

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

3. In "Girls, Girls, Girls," what is the film mentioned by Gay as an example of film revolutionizing female characters?
(a) "Bridesmaids."
(b) "Runaway Bride."
(c) "Titanic."
(d) "27 Dresses."

4. In the essay "How We All Love," what phrase does Moran, author of "How to Be a Woman," want to reclaim?
(a) Caring feminist.
(b) Strict feminist.
(c) Pretty feminist.
(d) Strident feminist.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who is noted as the main character in the novel Play It as It Lays?

3. According to the essay "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," how many possible Scrabble words exist in "completely"?

4. In the essay "How We All Lose," what does Gay say we need to overcome?

5. What is the name of the contemporary artist that Gay references in the essay "The Smooth Surfaces of Idyll"?

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