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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 the essay "I Once Was Miss America," what does Gay say is contagious?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Popularity.

2. What is the name of the Garret Keizer book that Gay references in "A Tale of Three Coming Out Stories"?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Desert Solitaire.
(c) The Secret.
(d) Privacy.

3. 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.

4. What HBO television series created by Lena Dunham does Gay analyze in the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls"?
(a) "Project Runway."
(b) "Say Yes to the Dress."
(c) "Girls."
(d) "Sex and the City."

5. According to the essay "How to Be Friends width Another Woman," who should a woman never date or become romantically involved?
(a) Her friend's brother.
(b) Her friend's father.
(c) Her friend's significant other.
(d) Her friend's brother-in-law.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the essay "What We Hunger For," who initiated Gay's sexual assault?

2. In the essay "Not Here to Make Friends," what does Gay think about the question of likeability even existing in literary conversations?

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

4. In the essay "How We All Lose," what is the name of the first book that Gay criticizes for being too limited?

5. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." what BET show does it take Gay a long time to appreciate?

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