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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 over forty.
(b) People of color.
(c) Hispanics.
(d) Women.

2. In "How to Be Friends with Another Woman," what emphatic word does Gay tell women to use when speaking the truth to other women?
(a) Lady.
(b) Girl.
(c) Sweetheart.
(d) Honey.

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

4. In "Girls, Girls, Girls," what is the film mentioned by Gay as an example of film revolutionizing female characters?
(a) "27 Dresses."
(b) "Runaway Bride."
(c) "Titanic."
(d) "Bridesmaids."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls," Gay suggests that women want a television series or move that is what?

2. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," what is the best word to describe the novel Green Girl?

3. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who is noted as the main character in the novel Play It as It Lays?

4. What HBO television series created by Lena Dunham does Gay analyze in the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls"?

5. According to the essay "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," how many possible Scrabble words exist in "completely"?

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