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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 "Peculiar Benefits," what does Gay accuse too many people of becoming?
(a) Privilege supporters.
(b) Privilege criminals.
(c) Privilege police.
(d) Privilege haters.

2. What sport do both Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield participate in, as mentioned in the essay "I Once Was Miss America"?
(a) Track.
(b) Cheerleading.
(c) Volleyball.
(d) Golf.

3. 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 be kind to me.
(c) Please like me.
(d) Please be my friend.

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

5. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," what is the best word to describe the novel Green Girl?
(a) Searing.
(b) Tragic.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Cunning.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the name of the book series with which Gay was obsessed in "I Once Was Miss America" ?

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