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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. As mentioned in the essay "Tragedy. Call. Compassion. Response," what is the name of the man who committed the horrific tragedy in Norway?
(a) Anders Behring Breivik.
(b) Anders Behring Bresser.
(c) Anders Behring Bonslo.
(d) Anders Behring Ban.

2. According to the essay "A Tale of Two Profiles," what magazine featured Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on its cover?
(a) Time.
(b) Vanity Fare.
(c) The Rolling Stone.
(d) The Atlantic.

3. What two areas of diversity does Gay explore in her essay "When Less Is More"?
(a) Gender and political.
(b) Gender and religion.
(c) Racial and religion.
(d) Racial and gender.

4. In the essay "When Twitter Does What Journalism Cannot," on what does Gay say social media help people focus?
(a) The statistics.
(b) The facts.
(c) The present moment.
(d) The people involved.

5. What was senator Davis fighting for, as stated in the essay "When Twitter Does What Journalism Cannot"?
(a) Reproductive freedom.
(b) Women's rights.
(c) Racial rights.
(d) Voting freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the musician who dies at a tragic young age, as mentioned in the essay "Tragedy. Call. Compassion. Response"?

2. In her essay "When Less Is More," what "Orange Is the New Black" character portrayal did Gay find unrealistic?

3. What does Gay admit to knowing nothing about in her essay "Bad Feminism: Take Two"?

4. As stated in the essay "the Morality of Tyler Perry," what is the median age for a first marriage, for women?

5. What actor plays Oscar, the main male character in the film "Fruitvale Station," according to the essay "The Last Day of a Young Black Man"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the essay "The Morality of Tyler Perry," who is Tyler Perry?

2. In the essay "The Racism We All Carry," what personal experience does Gay include at the end to illustrate racism's prevalence?

3. In the essay "The Alienable Rights of Women," what does Gay mean by suggesting that women have good memories?

4. In the essay "The Solace of Preparing Fried Foods," why does Gay cry when watching "The Help"?

5. In her esssay "Surviving Django," what are Gay's primary criticisms of "Django"?

6. In the essay "Beyond the Struggle Narrative," why does Gay dislike the film "12 Years a Slave"?

7. What is Gay's main criticism of "Orange Is the New Black," as analyzed in her essay "When Less Is More"?

8. In the essay "Holding Out for a Hero," how does Gay define heroism?

9. In the essay "A Tale of Two Profiles," what did the "Rolling Stone" do that appalled Gay?

10. In the essay "When Less Is More," what phrase does Gay repeat and why does she make that decision?

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