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. 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.

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

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 be kind to me.
(c) Please do not hate me.
(d) Please like me.

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

5. In "Peculiar Benefits," where does Gay travel with her family to learn about privilege?
(a) Guatemala.
(b) Haiti.
(c) Japan.
(d) Mexico.

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 the essay To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically, what does Gay say you cannot do at a Scrabble tournament?

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

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

5. In "Peculiar Benefits," what does Gay accuse too many people of becoming?

(see the answer key)

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