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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 "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who is the noted as the main character in the novel Green Girl?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Maria.

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

3. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what is the name of Gay's Scrabble sensei?
(a) Martin.
(b) Roger.
(c) Marty.
(d) Fred.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the essay "How We All Love," what percent of the 535 seats in the 113th Congress do women represent?

3. In the essay "The Spectacle of Broken Men," what is the name of the Penn State football player who was accused of sexually abusing young boys?

4. What is the name of the contemporary artist that Gay references in the essay "The Smooth Surfaces of Idyll"?

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

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