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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Politics, Gender & Race Essays 3 & 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the essay "The Solace of Preparing Fried Foods," what film is Gay critiquing?
(a) "Sex and the City."
(b) "The Help."
(c) "Shawshank Redemption."
(d) "The Firm."

2. According to the essay "The Morality of Tyler Perry," with what does Perry have a finely honed obsession?
(a) Fetishizing the poor.
(b) Fetishizing women.
(c) Fetishizing the working class.
(d) Fetishizing the wealthy.

3. According to the essay "Beyond the Struggle Narrative," who is the protagonist in"12 Years a Slave"?
(a) Django Northrup.
(b) Solomon Northup.
(c) Patsey Northrup.
(d) Samson Northrup.

4. In the essay "The Trouble with Prince Charming," what teenage book series does Gay mention is a modern day fairytale?
(a) The Twilight series.
(b) The Sweet Valley High series.
(c) The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo series.
(d) The Boxcar series.

5. In the essay "Not Here to Make Friends," what popular movie does Gay reference as an example of a woman pretending in a relationship?
(a) Runaway Bride.
(b) Girl with the Dragon Tatoo.
(c) Gone Girl.
(d) Bridesmaids.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the essay "When Less Is More," what is name of the white female prisonor on "Orange Is the New Black"?

2. In the essay "Surviving Django," how many times in the "N" word used in the film "Django"?

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

4. In the essay "A Tale of Three Coming Out Stories," a son of a lesbian couple testifies in their defense. In what state did that couple live?

5. According to the essay "The Solace of Preparing Fried Foods," how long is the movie "The Help"?

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