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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 "Typical First Year Professor," what does Gay do before teaching her first class?
(a) Scream.
(b) Have a nightmare.
(c) Vomit.
(d) Cry.

2. 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?
(a) Rape culture.
(b) Sex culture.
(c) Feminism.
(d) Masculinity.

3. What is the name of the Junot Diaz collection that Gay analyzes in "How We All Lose"?
(a) "This is How you Love Her."
(b) "Death of a Salesman."
(c) "This is How You Lose Her."
(d) "On Beauty."

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

5. At the end of the essay "The Illusion of Safety," what does Gay say there will always be a finger on?
(a) The gun.
(b) The pulse.
(c) The heart.
(d) The trigger.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the essay "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," how many possible Scrabble words exist in "completely"?

2. In the essay "The Spectacle of Broken Men," what did many people call the man who killed the rapist?

3. According to "What We Hunger For," what adjective best describes the Hunger Games female protagonist?

4. According to the essay "A Tale of Three Coming Out Stories," what popular journalist "came out" in 2012?

5. As stated in the essay "What We Hunger For," what is one of the reasons that Gay reads?

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