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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the tragedy, what does the king of Norway say is stronger than fear, according to the essay "Tragedy. Call. Compassion. Response"?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Love.

2. What two areas of diversity does Gay explore in her essay "When Less Is More"?
(a) Gender and religion.
(b) Racial and gender.
(c) Gender and political.
(d) Racial and religion.

3. In her essay "A Tale of Two Profiles," how does Gay describe Tsarnaev as looking?
(a) Like the boy next door.
(b) Like an all-American boy.
(c) LIke a kind-hearted boy.
(d) Like a handsome man.

4. At the end of the essay "The Solace of Preparing Fried Foods," what does Gay say is complicated?
(a) Writing poetry.
(b) Writing well.
(c) Writing difference.
(d) Writing science fiction.

5. As mentioned in the essay "Tragedy. Call. Compassion. Response." what does Gay not believe is a just punishment for committing tragic crimes?
(a) The death penalty.
(b) Regret.
(c) A life sentence in jail.
(d) Despair.

6. As mentioned in the essay "the Alienable Rights of Women," in 2011, what percentage of all women of reproductive age in the U.S. lived in states hostile to abortion rights and reproductive freedom?
(a) 60%.
(b) 45%.
(c) 55%.
(d) 65%.

7. According to the essay "Surviving Django," who produced the film "Django"?
(a) Quentin Tarantino.
(b) Leonardo DiCaprio.
(c) The Everily brothers.
(d) James Cameron.

8. In her essay "The Last Day of a Young Black Man," what does Gay accuse the film "Fruitvale Station" of being?
(a) Sarcastic.
(b) Unrealistic.
(c) Tragic.
(d) Sentimental.

9. According to the essay "Surviving Django," what was "Django" nominated for?
(a) An Oscar.
(b) A Golden Globe.
(c) A Grammy.
(d) Nothing.

10. In the essay "When Twitter Does What Journalism Cannot," how does Gay describe the world in which we live?
(a) Diverse.
(b) Messy.
(c) Over populated.
(d) Judgmental.

11. In her essay "Beyond the Struggle Narrative," what does Gay say is used to tell a man's story?
(a) Narrative art.
(b) Women's suffering.
(c) Human suffering.
(d) Cinematic features.

12. As mentioned in the essay "Tragedy. Call. Compassion. Response," what does Gay say tests the limits of language?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Tragedy.
(c) Grief.
(d) Death.

13. According to the essay "The Morality of Tyler Perry," with what does Perry have a finely honed obsession?
(a) Fetishizing the wealthy.
(b) Fetishizing the poor.
(c) Fetishizing women.
(d) Fetishizing the working class.

14. What does the magazine journalist try to evoke for Tsarnaev in her article, according "A Tale of Two Profiles"?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Judgment.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Understanding.

15. According to the essy "The Last Day of a Young Black Man," how much money did the film "Fruitvale Station" gross?
(a) $377,295.
(b) $378,285.
(c) $378,295.
(d) $377,285.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the essay "When Twitter Does What Journalism Cannot," on what does Gay say social media help people focus?

2. In the essay "The Morality of Tyler Perry," what does Gay say that Perry uses as punishment for infidelity?

3. "Orange Is the New Black" is based on what genre of books, according to her essay "When Less Is More"?

4. 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?

5. According to the essay "When Twitter Does What Journalism Cannot," how many YouTube views did the incident with senator Davis receive?

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