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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 "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what game is Gay playing and referring to?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Poker.
(c) Uno.
(d) Scrabble.

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

3. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what is the name of Gay's original nemesis?
(a) Marty.
(b) Henry.
(c) Hank.
(d) Jacob.

4. Approximately how old is the narrator in "Typical First Year Professor"?
(a) In her forties.
(b) In her thirties.
(c) In her late twenties.
(d) In her fifties.

5. 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?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Easter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." what does Gay repeatedly think to herself when around her co-workers?

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

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

5. Who does Gay overhear speaking poorly about her while in graduate school, in the essay "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me?"

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