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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the essay "Not Here to Make Friends," what book is the character Sara Levine obsessed with?

3. In the essay "Garish, Glorious Spectacles," who is the noted as the main character in the novel Green Girl?

4. In the essay "I Once Was Miss America," what does Gay say is contagious?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In the essay "The Trouble with Prince Charming, or He Who Trespassed Against Us," what does Gay suggest that the Fifty Grades series is, at its core?

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

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

6. In the essay "Dear Young Ladies Who Love Chris Brown," what does Gay predict will happen to his behavior?

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining the author's narrative tone toward the repeated attacks on reproductive freedom. Include examples from the text to support your assertion.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining whether you think that the author, Roxanne Gay, is a good or a bad feminist. Use specific examples from the text to support your claim.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay arguing which of the essays contains the most literary merit. Describe the essay and explain what literary aspects deem the essay excellent.

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