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

2. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." what BET show does it take Gay a long time to appreciate?
(a) Girlfriends.
(b) Boyfriends.
(c) Sassy Ladies.
(d) Sex and the City.

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

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

5. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who is the green girl rising?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Joan.
(c) Maria.
(d) Jenny.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the essay "I Once Was Miss America," what is the name of the woman who actually wins Miss America?

3. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what is the name of Gay's Scrabble sensei?

4. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." how does Gay describe feeling at the end of graduate school?

5. According to the essay "How to Be Friends width Another Woman," who should a woman never date or become romantically involved?

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