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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. According to the essay "The Solace of Preparing Fried Foods," what is the name of the white woman who wrote The Help?
(a) Roxanne Gay.
(b) Kathryn Stockett.
(c) Joan Didion.
(d) Emma Thompson.

2. According to the essay "How to Be Friends width Another Woman," who should a woman never date or become romantically involved?
(a) Her friend's brother.
(b) Her friend's significant other.
(c) Her friend's brother-in-law.
(d) Her friend's father.

3. 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) Runaway Bride.
(c) Girl with the Dragon Tatoo.
(d) Gone Girl.

4. In the essay "Reaching for Catharsis," what kind of camp does Gay attend as a teenager?
(a) Fat camp.
(b) Band camp.
(c) Skinny camp.
(d) Outdoor camp.

5. According to the essay "A Tale of Three Coming Out Stories," what popular journalist "came out" in 2012?
(a) Hunter S. Thompson.
(b) Anderson Cooper.
(c) Cooper Anderson.
(d) Andrew Cooper.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the essay "The Careless Language of Sexual Violence," how many men gang-raped the 11-year-old?

3. According to the essay 'Beyond the Struggle Narrative," for what film did Hattie McDanniel win an Oscar?

4. In the essay "Not Here to Make Friends," what does Gay think about the question of likeability even existing in literary conversations?

5. At the end of the essay "The Solace of Preparing Fried Foods," what does Gay say is complicated?

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