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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Gender & Sexuality Essays 14-18.

Multiple Choice 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"?
(a) Text messages.
(b) Letters.
(c) Journal entries.
(d) Post cards.

2. In the essay "How We All Lose," what does Gay say we need to overcome?
(a) Our resistance to diversity.
(b) Our resistance to love.
(c) Our resistance to compassion.
(d) Our resistance to nuance.

3. 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 father.
(b) Her friend's significant other.
(c) Her friend's brother-in-law.
(d) Her friend's brother.

4. What female issue does Gay say in complex, in her essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles"?
(a) Sex.
(b) Abortion.
(c) Death.
(d) Pregnancy.

5. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." what BET show does it take Gay a long time to appreciate?
(a) Sassy Ladies.
(b) Boyfriends.
(c) Girlfriends.
(d) Sex and the City.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the book that Gay references in "The Smooth Surfaces of Idyll," noting that the many of the characters find happiness?

3. In "Peculiar Benefits," what two things does Gay cite as being a pain?

4. What does Gay bring to one of her first classes to intrigue the students in "Typical First Year Professor"?

5. In the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls," what group of people are often left out of popular cultures (such as television shows and films)?

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