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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. According to "What We Hunger For," what adjective best describes the Hunger Games female protagonist?
(a) Strong.
(b) Sly.
(c) Sweet.
(d) Sensitive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the essay "How We All Love," the definition of what assaulting act continues to expand, in favor of women?

2. In the essay "Reaching for Catharsis," what kind of camp does Gay attend as a teenager?

3. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what game is Gay playing and referring to?

4. In the essay "The Illusion of Safety," what does Gay suggest that parents want for their children and themselves?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Typical First Year Professor," how does Gay want her students to respond to her?

2. In the essay "What We Hunger For," why is Gay afraid to say no to her boyfriend?

3. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me.," what is the primary lesson Gay learns from advising students?

4. In the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls," why does Gay fall so hard for the television show "Girlfriends"?

5. In "Typical First Year Professor," how does Gay react before teaching her first class?

6. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," what disturbing news does Gay receive while at the tournament?

7. Why does Gay suggest that safety is an illusion, in the essay "The Illusion of Safety"?

8. In the essay "Dear Young Ladies Who Love Chris Brown," what does Gay predict will happen to his behavior?

9. IIn the essay "Beyond the Measure of Men," what does Gay say about female writers and the aspects of publishing over which they have control?

10. In the essay "I Once Was Miss America," how does Gay react to Vanessa Williams being crowned Miss America?

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