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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gender & Sexuality Essays 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls," what group of people are often left out of popular cultures (such as television shows and films)?
(a) Women.
(b) Hispanics.
(c) People of color.
(d) Women over forty.

2. In the essay "I Once Was Miss America," what is the name of the woman who actually wins Miss America?
(a) Jessica Wakefield.
(b) Cindy Crawford.
(c) Vanessa Williams.
(d) Lila Fowler.

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

4. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who is noted as the main character in the novel Play It as It Lays?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Maria.
(d) Jenny.

5. What female issue does Gay say in complex, in her essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles"?
(a) Death.
(b) Pregnancy.
(c) Sex.
(d) Abortion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what is the name of Gay's original nemesis?

2. In the essay "I Once Was Miss America," what does Gay say is contagious?

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

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

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

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