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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the essay "How We All Lose," what does Gay say we need to overcome?
(a) Our resistance to diversity.
(b) Our resistance to love.
(c) Our resistance to nuance.
(d) Our resistance to compassion.

2. In the essay "Not Here to Make Friends," what does Gay think about the question of likeability even existing in literary conversations?
(a) That it is odd.
(b) That it is sad.
(c) That it is necessary.
(d) That it is vital.

3. What short story collection contains many stories with seemingly unlikeable women, according to the essay "Not Here to make Friends"?
(a) Battleborn.
(b) A Christmas Carol.
(c) Shakespeare's sonnets.
(d) Men Without Women.

4. In the essay "The Smooth Surfaces of Idyll," what does Gay say is not a popular topic in fiction?
(a) Sex.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Death.
(d) Marriage.

5. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." how does Gay describe feeling at the end of graduate school?
(a) Confident.
(b) Excited.
(c) Scared.
(d) Burnt out.

6. In the essay "How We All Lose," what is the name of the first book that Gay criticizes for being too limited?
(a) The End of Men.
(b) Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus.
(c) Men Without Women.
(d) Big Little Liars.

7. In the essay "I Once Was Miss America," what is the name of the woman who actually wins Miss America?
(a) Cindy Crawford.
(b) Lila Fowler.
(c) Jessica Wakefield.
(d) Vanessa Williams.

8. In the essay "How We All Love," what phrase does Moran, author of "How to Be a Woman," want to reclaim?
(a) Pretty feminist.
(b) Strict feminist.
(c) Caring feminist.
(d) Strident feminist.

9. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." what BET show does it take Gay a long time to appreciate?
(a) Girlfriends.
(b) Sassy Ladies.
(c) Boyfriends.
(d) Sex and the City.

10. In "Typical First Year Professor," what does Gay do before teaching her first class?
(a) Cry.
(b) Scream.
(c) Have a nightmare.
(d) Vomit.

11. What HBO television series created by Lena Dunham does Gay analyze in the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls"?
(a) "Girls."
(b) "Sex and the City."
(c) "Say Yes to the Dress."
(d) "Project Runway."

12. In the essay "Blurred Lines, Indeed," what is the name of the musician who sings about giving a good girl what she really wants?
(a) Robin Thicke.
(b) Jay-Z.
(c) Eminem.
(d) Tupac.

13. In "Peculiar Benefits," where does Gay travel with her family to learn about privilege?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Haiti.
(c) Guatemala.
(d) Japan.

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

15. In her essay "A Tale of Three Coming Out Stories," what does Gay suggest that people feel most comfortable with?
(a) Uncertainty.
(b) Gays.
(c) Classification.
(d) Friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Gay reference in her essay "Beyond the Measure of Men" as an example of short stories that tell the many ways men and women failure one another?

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?

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

4. What sport do both Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield participate in, as mentioned in the essay "I Once Was Miss America"?

5. At the end of the essay "The Illusion of Safety," what does Gay say there will always be a finger on?

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