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

2. In the essay To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically, what does Gay say you cannot do at a Scrabble tournament?
(a) Cry.
(b) Cheat.
(c) Yell.
(d) Pee.

3. 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 do not hate me.
(d) Please like me.

4. 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) 200.
(d) 207.

5. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." how does Gay describe feeling at the end of graduate school?
(a) Confident.
(b) Scared.
(c) Burnt out.
(d) Excited.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who are the green girls interrupted?

3. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who is the green girl rising?

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

5. What sport do both Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield participate in, as mentioned in the essay "I Once Was Miss America"?

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