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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In the essay "Some Jokes Are Funnier Than Others," what has the comedian done that appalls Gay?
(a) Told rape jokes.
(b) Raped many women.
(c) Told death jokes.
(d) Sexually harassed his female co-workers.

4. In the essay "Not Here to Make Friends," what does Gay say was dead to her as a teenager?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Sincerity.
(c) Faith.
(d) Honesty.

5. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what game is Gay playing and referring to?
(a) Scrabble.
(b) Uno.
(c) Poker.
(d) Tennis.

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

7. In the essay "The Trouble with Prince Charming," what does Gay suggest that women must do to find happiness in fairytales?
(a) Cry.
(b) Let go.
(c) Smile.
(d) Sacrifice.

8. What is the name of the first female astronaut, as referenced in "A Tale of Three Coming Out Stories"?
(a) Ellen Ochoa.
(b) Sally Ride.
(c) Tonya Harding.
(d) Judith Resnick.

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

10. Approximately how old is the narrator in "Typical First Year Professor"?
(a) In her fifties.
(b) In her thirties.
(c) In her late twenties.
(d) In her forties.

11. In "How to Be Friends with Another Woman," what emphatic word does Gay tell women to use when speaking the truth to other women?
(a) Honey.
(b) Girl.
(c) Lady.
(d) Sweetheart.

12. What does Gay state, in her essay "The Illusion of Safety," that life apparently requires?
(a) Personal strength.
(b) A trigger warning.
(c) Optimism.
(d) A dose of courage.

13. Who does Gay overhear speaking poorly about her while in graduate school, in the essay "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me?"
(a) A classmate.
(b) Her boyfriend.
(c) A professor.
(d) Her boss.

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

15. In the essay "The Spectacle of Broken Men," what did many people call the man who killed the rapist?
(a) A god.
(b) A criminal.
(c) A hero.
(d) A monster.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to James Wood (a writer Gay references in the essay "Not Here to Make Friends"), characters should be reflections of what?

2. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." how does Gay describe feeling at the end of graduate school?

3. What popular television show deals primarily with all manners of sexual assault against women, children, and occasionally men, as referenced in the essay "The Careless Language of Sexual Violence"?

4. In "Peculiar Benefits," what does Gay accuse too many people of becoming?

5. In "Peculiar Benefits," what two things does Gay cite as being a pain?

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