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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 the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," what is the best word to describe the novel Green Girl?
(a) Tragic.
(b) Humorous.
(c) Cunning.
(d) Searing.

2. In the essay "The Spectacle of Broken Men," what is the name of the Penn State football player who was accused of sexually abusing young boys?
(a) Jerry Sandusky.
(b) Jerry Rice.
(c) John Elway.
(d) Payton Manning.

3. To what film does Gay refer in her essay "Surviving Django"?
(a) Django.
(b) 12 Years a Slave.
(c) Inglorious Bastards.
(d) Pulp Fiction

4. In the essay "Dear Young Ladies Who Love Chris Brown," who is Gay's primary audience?
(a) All fans of Chris Brown.
(b) Women who love Chris Brown (and have been harmed by him).
(c) Every woman under the age of thirty.
(d) All the critics of Chris Brown.

5. In the essay To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically, what does Gay say you cannot do at a Scrabble tournament?
(a) Cry.
(b) Cheat.
(c) Pee.
(d) Yell.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the essay "Beyond the Measure of Men," what two authors wrote novels that are classified as "women's fiction"?

2. As mentioned in the essay "Tragedy. Call. Compassion. Response," what does Gay say tests the limits of language?

3. In "Peculiar Benefits," where does Gay travel with her family to learn about privilege?

4. What does Oscar say everytime he leaves his house, according to the essay "The Last Day of a Young Black Man"?

5. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what is the name of Gay's Scrabble sensei?

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