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

2. According to the essay "How We All Love," what percent of the 535 seats in the 113th Congress do women represent?
(a) 15.4%.
(b) 18.3%.
(c) 22.4%.
(d) 20%.

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

4. What television show does Gay say she studies for advice on law in her essay "The Spectacle of Broken Men"?
(a) House of Cards.
(b) Rescue 911.
(c) CNN.
(d) Law and Order.

5. In the essay "The Careless Language of Sexual Violence," what psychological issue does gang-rape often lead to?
(a) Eating disorders.
(b) PTSD.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Bipolar.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the name of the protagonist of the Hunger Games series, as referenced in "What We Hunger For"?

4. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what is the name of Gay's Scrabble sensei?

5. According to the essay "How We All Love," in what professional field does Rosin say women are acheiving success?

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