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

2. According to the essay "The Solace of Preparing Fried Foods," what is the name of the white woman who wrote The Help?

3. In her essay "The Alienable Rights of Women," what does Gay say about history?

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

5. According to the essay "Tragedy. Call. Compassion. Response," how old was Winehouse when she died?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 "Holding Out for a Hero," how does Gay define heroism?

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

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

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

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

8. According to the essay "The Last Day of a Young Black Man," what does Gay think of the film "Fruitvale Station"?

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

10. In the essay "The Solace of Preparing Fried Foods," why is Gay so disgusted with the novel and film "The Help"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay asserting and arguing for a new definition of feminism. Include the new definition in the introduction and cite specific examples from the text to support your new definition.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining the author's choice to write individual essays on a variety of different topics instead of one cohesive subject. What purpose does the narrative structure serve in developing and strengthening her concept of "bad feminism"?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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