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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Bad Feminist: Take One & Take Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the essay "What We Hunger For," who initiated Gay's sexual assault?
(a) A stranger.
(b) A boy from her math class.
(c) Her boyfriend.
(d) Her uncle.

3. According to the essay "The Alienable Rights of Women," in what year did women in the United States begin having the right to terminate a pregnancy?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1973.

4. In the essay "The Trouble with Prince Charming," what teenage book series does Gay mention is a modern day fairytale?
(a) The Boxcar series.
(b) The Sweet Valley High series.
(c) The Twilight series.
(d) The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo series.

5. "Orange Is the New Black" is based on what genre of books, according to her essay "When Less Is More"?
(a) Fiction.
(b) Fantasy Fiction.
(c) Memoir.
(d) Romance.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the essay "Blurred Lines, Indeed," why does Gay suggest a woman might not want to tell her story publicly?

2. According to the essay "The Politics of Respectability," what does Bill Cosby say is one of the black community's biggest problems?

3. In the essay "Reaching for Catharsis," what kind of camp does Gay attend as a teenager?

4. In the essay "How We All Lose," what does Gay say we need to overcome?

5. In the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls," Gay suggests that women want a television series or move that is what?

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