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

2. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who is the noted as the main character in the novel Green Girl?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Jenny.
(c) Maria.
(d) Sarah.

3. According to the essay "The Spectacle of Broken Men," what was the relationship between the man and the girl who was raped?
(a) He was her uncle.
(b) He was her brother.
(c) He was her father.
(d) He was her step-father.

4. In "Peculiar Benefits," what does Gay accuse too many people of becoming?
(a) Privilege criminals.
(b) Privilege police.
(c) Privilege supporters.
(d) Privilege haters.

5. According to the essay "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," how many possible Scrabble words exist in "completely"?
(a) 235.
(b) 207.
(c) 227.
(d) 200.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the essay "Beyond the Struggle Narrative," what is the name of the main female character in "12 Years a Slave"?

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. Approximately how old is the narrator in "Typical First Year Professor"?

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

5. In the essay "The Trouble with Prince Charming," what does Gay suggest that women must do to find happiness in fairytales?

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