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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. What does the artist referenced in the essay "The Smooth Surfaces of Idyll" imbue his art with?
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Suffering.
(d) Joy.

2. In the essay "How We All Love," the definition of what assaulting act continues to expand, in favor of women?
(a) Alcohol Abuse.
(b) Rape.
(c) Murder.
(d) Domestic Abuse.

3. In the essay "Not Here to Make Friends," what popular movie does Gay reference as an example of a woman pretending in a relationship?
(a) Runaway Bride.
(b) Girl with the Dragon Tatoo.
(c) Gone Girl.
(d) Bridesmaids.

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

5. In the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls," what group of people are often left out of popular cultures (such as television shows and films)?
(a) Women over forty.
(b) Women.
(c) Hispanics.
(d) People of color.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the essay "Not Here to Make Friends," what does Gay think about the question of likeability even existing in literary conversations?

2. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," what is the best word to describe the novel Green Girl?

3. In the essay "Blurred Lines, Indeed," what is the name of the musician who sings about giving a good girl what she really wants?

4. In the essay "How We All Love," what phrase does Moran, author of "How to Be a Woman," want to reclaim?

5. In the essay "The Trouble with Prince Charming," what does Gay suggest that women must do to find happiness in fairytales?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the essay "The Illusion of Safety," what is the purpose of listing all the detailed visceral reactions at the beginning?

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

9. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," how does Gay respond when she hears all the rules to the game?

10. In the essay "Peculiar Benefits," what is the main lesson Gay learns while in Haiti?

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