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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gender & Sexuality Essays 9-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the contemporary artist that Gay references in the essay "The Smooth Surfaces of Idyll"?
(a) Andy Warhol.
(b) Thornton Dial.
(c) Frida Kahol.
(d) Vincent Van gogh.

2. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who are the green girls interrupted?
(a) The teenage mothers.
(b) The women on reality television shows.
(c) The beautiful women.
(d) The women who get divorced.

3. According to the essay "How We All Love," in what professional field does Rosin say women are acheiving success?
(a) Pharmacy.
(b) Nursing.
(c) Education.
(d) Fashion.

4. In the essay "How We All Love," the definition of what assaulting act continues to expand, in favor of women?
(a) Murder.
(b) Domestic Abuse.
(c) Rape.
(d) Alcohol Abuse.

5. In the essay "How We All Lose," what does Gay say we need to overcome?
(a) Our resistance to compassion.
(b) Our resistance to love.
(c) Our resistance to nuance.
(d) Our resistance to diversity.

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 "The Illusion of Safety," what does Gay suggest that parents want for their children and themselves?

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

4. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what game is Gay playing and referring to?

5. In the essay "The Careless Language of Sexual Violence," what phrase refers to a culture where where it is acceptable for males to treat females violently?

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