This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Typical First Year Professor" and "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the essay "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," how many possible Scrabble words exist in "completely"?
(a) 235.
(b) 227.
(c) 200.
(d) 207.

2. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." what BET show does it take Gay a long time to appreciate?
(a) Sassy Ladies.
(b) Sex and the City.
(c) Boyfriends.
(d) Girlfriends.

3. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." how does Gay describe feeling at the end of graduate school?
(a) Excited.
(b) Confident.
(c) Burnt out.
(d) Scared.

4. In "Peculiar Benefits," what two things does Gay cite as being a pain?
(a) Being black and being a woman.
(b) Being young and being a a woman.
(c) Being black and being young.
(d) Being white and being a woman.

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

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

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

4. In "Typical First Year Professor," what does Gay do before teaching her first class?

5. Approximately how old is the narrator in "Typical First Year Professor"?

(see the answer key)

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