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

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

3. According to the essay "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," how many possible Scrabble words exist in "completely"?
(a) 200.
(b) 235.
(c) 227.
(d) 207.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Typical First Year Professor," what does the narrator compare compiling her professional portfolio to?

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

3. 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?

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

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

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