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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 is the name of Gay's original nemesis?
(a) Hank.
(b) Marty.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Henry.

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

3. In "Typical First Year Professor," what does the narrator compare compiling her professional portfolio to?
(a) Arts and crafts for adults.
(b) Paint by number for adults.
(c) Making music.
(d) A game.

4. In "Peculiar Benefits," what does Gay accuse too many people of becoming?
(a) Privilege police.
(b) Privilege supporters.
(c) Privilege haters.
(d) Privilege criminals.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. What does Gay bring to one of her first classes to intrigue the students in "Typical First Year Professor"?

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

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