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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," what phrase refers to a culture where where it is acceptable for males to treat females violently?

2. In the essay "Dear Young Ladies Who Love Chris Brown," who is the famous musician and former girlfriend whom Chris Brown physically hit?

3. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me." what does Gay repeatedly think to herself when around her co-workers?

4. In "How to Be Friends with Another Woman," what emphatic word does Gay tell women to use when speaking the truth to other women?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Accordingly to the essay "A Tale of Three Coming Out Stories," how do people react when a celebrity comes out as gay?

3. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me.," what is the primary lesson Gay learns from advising students?

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. At the end of the essay "Dear Young Ladies Who Love Chris Brown," what does Gay say to the ladies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay explaining how the author establishes narrative reliability and the impact it has on the reader. What specific techniques and narrative decisions does she make in an effort to be reliable?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay discussing sarcasm and humor in the novel. Choose three different examples of humor that are used in the essay collection and explain how Gay uses them to strengthen one of her overarching themes.

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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