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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 "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." what BET show does it take Gay a long time to appreciate?
(a) Boyfriends.
(b) Girlfriends.
(c) Sex and the City.
(d) Sassy Ladies.

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

3. In "Typical First Year Professor," what holiday does the narrator reference in her comparison of teaching to a child sitting at an adult dinner table?
(a) Easter.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Thanksgiving.

4. According to the essay "How We All Love," what percent of the 535 seats in the 113th Congress do women represent?
(a) 22.4%.
(b) 18.3%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 15.4%.

5. 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) Girl with the Dragon Tatoo.
(b) Gone Girl.
(c) Runaway Bride.
(d) Bridesmaids.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Typical First Year Professor," what does the narrator compare compiling her professional portfolio to?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In the essay "What We Hunger For," why does Gay admire the Hunger Games character Katniss?

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

3. According the essay "Reaching for Catharsis," what is a major benefit that a "fat" person has in terms of emotionally healing?

4. In the essay "The Trouble with Prince Charming, or He Who Trespassed Against Us," what is the truth about fairytales?

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

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

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

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

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

10. In the essay "Girls, Girls, Girls," what is Gay's main criticism of the show "Girls"?

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