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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," what do women on reality television shows rarely demonstrate?
(a) Self-awareness.
(b) Self confidence.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Power.

2. 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 professor.
(b) Her boss.
(c) A classmate.
(d) Her boyfriend.

3. In the essay "The Illusion of Safety," what sort of reactions does Gay experience to her triggers?
(a) Visceral.
(b) Imaginary.
(c) Mental.
(d) Emotional.

4. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who is the green girl rising?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Maria.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Joan.

5. 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"?
(a) Law and Order: SVU.
(b) General Hospital.
(c) Grey's Anatomy.
(d) Rescue 911.

6. 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.

7. What female issue does Gay say in complex, in her essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles"?
(a) Abortion.
(b) Pregnancy.
(c) Sex.
(d) Death.

8. What is the name of the book series with which Gay was obsessed in "I Once Was Miss America" ?
(a) The Sherlock Holmes series.
(b) The Sweet Valley High series.
(c) The Agatha Cristie mystery series.
(d) The Babysitter's Club series.

9. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who is the noted as the main character in the novel Green Girl?
(a) Maria.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Jenny.
(d) Ruth.

10. What is the name of the actress whom was abused by her famous husband, as mentioned in the essay "Dear Young Ladies Who Love Chris Brown"?
(a) Denise Richards.
(b) Faith Hill.
(c) Jessica Alba.
(d) Meg Ryan.

11. As stated in the essay "What We Hunger For," what is one of the reasons that Gay reads?
(a) For redemption.
(b) For salvation.
(c) For an escape.
(d) For clarity.

12. In her essay "Some Jokes Are Funnier Than Others," what does Gay say that humor about sexual violence suggests?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Judgement.
(c) Permissiveness.
(d) Ignorance.

13. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who are the green girls interrupted?
(a) The women on reality television shows.
(b) The beautiful women.
(c) The teenage mothers.
(d) The women who get divorced.

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

15. According to the essay "How We All Lose," what does every writer have?
(a) An inner critic.
(b) A demon.
(c) An obsession.
(d) A dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "What We Hunger For," what is the name of the book series with which Gay is obsessed?

2. What is the name of the protagonist of the Hunger Games series, as referenced in "What We Hunger For"?

3. In "How to Be Friends with Another Woman," what emphatic word does Gay tell women to use when speaking the truth to other women?

4. What does Gay state, in her essay "The Illusion of Safety," that life apparently requires?

5. In the essay "Reaching for Catharsis," how many pounds overweight is the main character of the novel Skinny?

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