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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Politics, Gender & Race Essays 3 & 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of the essay "Holding Out for a Hero," what does Gay hope comes from learning about what has happened?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Anger.
(d) Justice.

2. What female issue does Gay say in complex, in her essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles"?
(a) Pregnancy.
(b) Abortion.
(c) Death.
(d) Sex.

3. What is the main topic of the essay "The Alienable Rights of Women"?
(a) Women's rights.
(b) Reproductive freedom.
(c) Marital freedom.
(d) Gender equality.

4. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what is the name of Gay's original nemesis?
(a) Henry.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Marty.
(d) Hank.

5. As referenced in the essay "A Tale of Three Coming Out Stories," how many out of ten LGBT teenagers report being bulled at school?
(a) Seven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Nine.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What actor plays Oscar, the main male character in the film "Fruitvale Station," according to the essay "The Last Day of a Young Black Man"?

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

3. In the essay "When Twitter Does What Journalism Cannot," how does Gay describe the world in which we live?

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

5. In the essay "Some Jokes Are Funnier Than Others," who stands up in defense of women who have been raped?

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