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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 "Not Here to Make Friends," what does Gay think about the question of likeability even existing in literary conversations?
(a) That it is sad.
(b) That it is vital.
(c) That it is necessary.
(d) That it is odd.

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

3. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." how does Gay describe feeling at the end of graduate school?
(a) Confident.
(b) Excited.
(c) Scared.
(d) Burnt out.

4. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." what does Gay repeatedly think to herself when around her co-workers?
(a) Please like me.
(b) Please be my friend.
(c) Please do not hate me.
(d) Please be kind to me.

5. In the essay "Reaching for Catharsis," what kind of camp does Gay attend as a teenager?
(a) Outdoor camp.
(b) Fat camp.
(c) Skinny camp.
(d) Band camp.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As referenced in the essay "A Tale of Three Coming Out Stories," how many out of ten LGBT teenagers report being bulled at school?

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

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

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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