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

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

3. 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 boss.
(b) A professor.
(c) Her boyfriend.
(d) A classmate.

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

5. 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) 207.
(d) 200.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what game is Gay playing and referring to?

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

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

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

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