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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. As stated in the essay "What We Hunger For," what is one of the reasons that Gay reads?
(a) For salvation.
(b) For clarity.
(c) For an escape.
(d) For redemption.

2. In the essay "Some Jokes Are Funnier Than Others," what major event were the children watching in their science classroom?
(a) JFK's funeral.
(b) The Challenger.
(c) The Vietnam riots.
(d) The first man walking on the moon.

3. What is the name of the first female astronaut, as referenced in "A Tale of Three Coming Out Stories"?
(a) Judith Resnick.
(b) Sally Ride.
(c) Tonya Harding.
(d) Ellen Ochoa.

4. In the essay "The Spectacle of Broken Men," what did many people call the man who killed the rapist?
(a) A criminal.
(b) A god.
(c) A hero.
(d) A monster.

5. 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) Bridesmaids.
(b) Girl with the Dragon Tatoo.
(c) Gone Girl.
(d) Runaway Bride.

Short Answer Questions

1. What female issue does Gay say in complex, in her essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles"?

2. What book does Gay reference in her essay "Beyond the Measure of Men" as an example of short stories that tell the many ways men and women failure one another?

3. What does Gay state, in her essay "The Illusion of Safety," that life apparently requires?

4. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who is noted as the main character in the novel Play It as It Lays?

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?

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