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

2. In the essay "Some Jokes Are Funnier Than Others," who stands up in defense of women who have been raped?
(a) A woman in the audience.
(b) A man in the audience.
(c) The comedian's agent.
(d) The comedian's sister.

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

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

5. What is the name of the protagonist of the Hunger Games series, as referenced in "What We Hunger For"?
(a) Cinna.
(b) Kat.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Katniss.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the essay "How We All Love," in what professional field does Rosin say women are acheiving success?

2. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who is the green girl rising?

3. According to the essay "The Trouble with Prince Charming," what word best describe Christian Grey?

4. What is the name of the first female astronaut, as referenced in "A Tale of Three Coming Out Stories"?

5. According to the essay "How to Be Friends width Another Woman," who should a woman never date or become romantically involved?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the essay "Blurred Lines, Indeed," what does Gay admit to hating?

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

3. In the essay "A Tale of Three Coming Out Stories," what does Gay say that people like, in this information age?

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

5. In the essay "Some Jokes Are Funnier Than Others," why did the class clown get in trouble?

6. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me," what does the narrator wish that BET did more of via its television shows?

7. In the essay "Reaching for Catharsis," what is Gay's primary criticism of the book, Skinny?

8. What does the sole female participant say to comedian Daniel Tosh in the essay "Some Jokes Are Funnier Than Others"?

9. In the essay "Beyond the Measure of Men," what happens when certain experiences are told through male narratives?

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

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