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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 "Typical First Year Professor," what does the narrator compare compiling her professional portfolio to?
(a) A game.
(b) Arts and crafts for adults.
(c) Making music.
(d) Paint by number for adults.

2. As stated in the essay "What We Hunger For," what is one of the reasons that Gay reads?
(a) For redemption.
(b) For clarity.
(c) For salvation.
(d) For an escape.

3. According to the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," what do women on reality television shows rarely demonstrate?
(a) Self confidence.
(b) Emotion.
(c) Power.
(d) Self-awareness.

4. Who does Gay overhear speaking poorly about her while in graduate school, in the essay "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me?"
(a) Her boyfriend.
(b) A classmate.
(c) A professor.
(d) Her boss.

5. According to the essay "A Tale of Three Coming Out Stories," what popular journalist "came out" in 2012?
(a) Hunter S. Thompson.
(b) Cooper Anderson.
(c) Anderson Cooper.
(d) Andrew Cooper.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the essay "The Spectacle of Broken Men," what did many people call the man who killed the rapist?

3. In the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls," what group of people are often left out of popular cultures (such as television shows and films)?

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

5. In the essay "The Careless Language of Sexual Violence," how many men gang-raped the 11-year-old?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the essay "How We All Lose," what is Gay's main criticism of Rosin's book The End of Men?

3. What is subtly suggested as the reason Gay gains so much weight in the essay "Reaching for Catharsis"?

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

5. 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?

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

7. In the essay "Not Here to Make Friends," what does Gay state might be behind the likeability trends in contemporary society?

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

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

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

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