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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. In the essay To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically, what does Gay say you cannot do at a Scrabble tournament?
(a) Cry.
(b) Pee.
(c) Cheat.
(d) Yell.

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

3. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." what does Gay repeatedly think to herself when around her co-workers?
(a) Please be my friend.
(b) Please like me.
(c) Please do not hate me.
(d) Please be kind to me.

4. What does Gay bring to one of her first classes to intrigue the students in "Typical First Year Professor"?
(a) Legos.
(b) Pizza.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Music.

5. Who does Gay overhear speaking poorly about her while in graduate school, in the essay "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me?"
(a) Her boyfriend.
(b) Her boss.
(c) A classmate.
(d) A professor.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what is the name of Gay's Scrabble sensei?

5. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." how does Gay describe feeling at the end of graduate school?

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