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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. What is the name of the actress whom was abused by her famous husband, as mentioned in the essay "Dear Young Ladies Who Love Chris Brown"?
2. According to the essay "The Trouble with Prince Charming," what did the characters in the Fifty Shades of Grey series need to sign prior to starting a relationship?
3. In the essay "Blurred Lines, Indeed," why does Gay suggest a woman might not want to tell her story publicly?
4. What is the name of the book series with which Gay was obsessed in "I Once Was Miss America" ?
5. As stated in the essay "What We Hunger For," what is one of the reasons that Gay reads?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the essay "What We Hunger For," why is Gay afraid to say no to her boyfriend?
2. In the essay "Some Jokes Are Funnier Than Others," why did the class clown get in trouble?
3. In the essay "Peculiar Benefits," what is the main lesson Gay learns while in Haiti?
4. In the essay "Not Here to Make Friends," what does Gay state might be behind the likeability trends in contemporary society?
5. In "To Scratch, Claw, or Grope Clumsily or Frantically," how does Gay respond when she hears all the rules to the game?
6. At the end of the essay "Dear Young Ladies Who Love Chris Brown," what does Gay say to the ladies?
7. In the essay "The Illusion of Safety," what is the purpose of listing all the detailed visceral reactions at the beginning?
8. 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?
9. In the essay "The Careless Language of Sexual Violence," why does Gay find the rape that occurred in Texas so appalling?
10. In "Feel Me. See Me. Hear Me. Reach Me," what does the narrator wish that BET did more of via its television shows?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Most of the essays entail both personal experience and external evidence. Write an essay analyzing the author's choices to balance personal and societal information in the collection. How does her inclusion of both affect the narrative tone?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay explaining the author's narrative tone toward the cult of beauty and thinness, citing textual examples from her essay "Reaching for Catharsis." How does she feel about the unrealistic standards of beauty and body placed on women by society?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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