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

2. In the essay "The Careless Language of Sexual Violence," how many men gang-raped the 11-year-old?
(a) 18.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

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

4. What sport do both Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield participate in, as mentioned in the essay "I Once Was Miss America"?
(a) Cheerleading.
(b) Volleyball.
(c) Track.
(d) Golf.

5. In the essay "I Once Was Miss America," what does Gay say is contagious?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Popularity.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her essay "The Trouble with Prince Charming," who is the female protagonist who gets swept off her feet by the handsome Christian Grey?

2. In the essay "Beyond the Measure of Men," what is the ambiguous term that refers to untrue stories written by women?

3. In the essay "The Spectacle of Broken Men," what is the name of the Penn State football player who was accused of sexually abusing young boys?

4. In "Peculiar Benefits," where does Gay travel with her family to learn about privilege?

5. What does the artist referenced in the essay "The Smooth Surfaces of Idyll" imbue his art with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In the essay "Not Here to Make Friends," how does Gay define "likeability"?

5. When Gay reflects on the book by Jennifer Pozner in her essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," how does she say women are portrayed in reality television?

6. In the essay "The Spectacle of Broken Men," why does Gay say society lets athletes get away with criminal behavior?

7. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," what does the novel Green Girl suggest that all women have within them?

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

9. In the essay Peculiar Benefits, what does Gay say is most important to do when it comes to privilege?

10. Why does Gay suggest that readers are not to like the character Countess Olenska, as referenced in the essay "Not Here to Make Friends"?

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