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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. In "Peculiar Benefits," what two things does Gay cite as being a pain?
(a) Being young and being a a woman.
(b) Being white and being a woman.
(c) Being black and being young.
(d) Being black and being a woman.

2. In the essay "What We Hunger For," who initiated Gay's sexual assault?
(a) Her boyfriend.
(b) A boy from her math class.
(c) A stranger.
(d) Her uncle.

3. In the essay "Not Here to Make Friends," what popular movie does Gay reference as an example of a woman pretending in a relationship?
(a) Gone Girl.
(b) Girl with the Dragon Tatoo.
(c) Runaway Bride.
(d) Bridesmaids.

4. What HBO television series created by Lena Dunham does Gay analyze in the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls"?
(a) "Project Runway."
(b) "Say Yes to the Dress."
(c) "Sex and the City."
(d) "Girls."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the essay "Beyond the Measure of Men," what two authors wrote novels that are classified as "women's fiction"?

2. In the essay "Blurred Lines, Indeed," why does Gay suggest a woman might not want to tell her story publicly?

3. In the essay "The Illusion of Safety," what does Gay suggest that parents want for their children and themselves?

4. In the essay "Not Here to Make Friends," what book is the character Sara Levine obsessed with?

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

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