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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Race & Entertainment Essays 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of the essay "The Illusion of Safety," what does Gay say there will always be a finger on?
(a) The pulse.
(b) The gun.
(c) The trigger.
(d) The heart.

2. In the essay "The Morality of Tyler Perry," what does Gay say that Perry uses as punishment for infidelity?
(a) Contracting HIV.
(b) Dying.
(c) Contracting Herpes.
(d) Being beaten.

3. What is the name of the protagonist of the Hunger Games series, as referenced in "What We Hunger For"?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Kat.
(c) Katniss.
(d) Cinna.

4. According to James Wood (a writer Gay references in the essay "Not Here to Make Friends"), characters should be reflections of what?
(a) Our real selves.
(b) Our better selves.
(c) Our glorified selves.
(d) Our perfect selves.

5. In her essay "When Less Is More," what does Gay argue we need to see more of in films and television?
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Diversity.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Romance.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the essay "How to Be Friends width Another Woman," who should a woman never date or become romantically involved?

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

4. What sport do both Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield participate in, as mentioned in the essay "I Once Was Miss America"?

5. What short story collection contains many stories with seemingly unlikeable women, according to the essay "Not Here to make Friends"?

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