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

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

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

4. What is the name of the protagonist of the Hunger Games series, as referenced in "What We Hunger For"?
(a) Katniss.
(b) Kat.
(c) Cinna.
(d) Jennifer.

5. According to James Wood (a writer Gay references in the essay "Not Here to Make Friends"), characters should be reflections of what?
(a) Our real selves.
(b) Our glorified selves.
(c) Our perfect selves.
(d) Our better selves.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In the essay "What We Hunger For," what happened to Gay as a teenager in the woods?

3. What does the main character in the novel Skinny need to write while at fat camp, as noted in the essay "Reaching for Catharsis"?

4. In the essay "How We All Love," what phrase does Moran, author of "How to Be a Woman," want to reclaim?

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

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