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

2. In the essay "Not Here to Make Friends," what does Gay say was dead to her as a teenager?
(a) Sincerity.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Faith.
(d) Kindness.

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

4. In the essay "Beyond the Measure of Men," what two authors wrote novels that are classified as "women's fiction"?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway.
(b) John Updike and Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Ernest Hemingway and Richard Yates.
(d) John Updike and Richard Yates.

5. In "How to Be Friends with Another Woman," what emphatic word does Gay tell women to use when speaking the truth to other women?
(a) Girl.
(b) Sweetheart.
(c) Honey.
(d) Lady.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the essay "Dear Young Ladies Who Love Chris Brown," who is the famous musician and former girlfriend whom Chris Brown physically hit?

2. What does the artist referenced in the essay "The Smooth Surfaces of Idyll" imbue his art with?

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

4. What popular television show deals primarily with all manners of sexual assault against women, children, and occasionally men, as referenced in the essay "The Careless Language of Sexual Violence"?

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

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