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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. In "Typical First Year Professor," what holiday does the narrator reference in her comparison of teaching to a child sitting at an adult dinner table?
(a) Easter.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Thanksgiving.

2. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who is the green girl rising?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Maria.
(d) Joan.

3. In the essay "The Careless Language of Sexual Violence," how many men gang-raped the 11-year-old?
(a) 8.
(b) 18.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

4. What does the main character in the novel Skinny need to write while at fat camp, as noted in the essay "Reaching for Catharsis"?
(a) Post cards.
(b) Text messages.
(c) Journal entries.
(d) Letters.

5. In "What We Hunger For," what is the name of the book series with which Gay is obsessed?
(a) The Hunger Games.
(b) Outlander.
(c) Sweet Valley High.
(d) Little Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What HBO television series created by Lena Dunham does Gay analyze in the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls"?

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

3. In the essay "The Alienable Rights of Women," what does Gay sarcastically joke about creating?

4. According to the essay "When Twitter Does What Journalism Cannot," how many YouTube views did the incident with senator Davis receive?

5. In the essay To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically, what does Gay say you cannot do at a Scrabble tournament?

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