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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Chapters 42 - 62).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Gay at the time she writes Hunger?
(a) In her fifties.
(b) In her forties.
(c) In her twenties.
(d) In her thirties.

2. Where did Gay eventually receive her B.A. degree from?
(a) University of Scranton.
(b) New York University.
(c) Vermont College.
(d) Yale University.

3. Gay repeatedly says that her body is treated like what?
(a) A public space.
(b) A sport.
(c) A temple.
(d) A conversation starter.

4. What city did Gay travel to in order to meet the man in his forties?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Boston.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) New York.

5. What did Gay have to do in front of an audience that humiliated her?
(a) Eat a piece of cake.
(b) Shake hands with a dictator.
(c) Haul herself onto a stage that had no stairs leading to it.
(d) Get up off the floor after falling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gay tell the crying young girl in the dressing room?

2. Which celebrity does Gay criticize for her financial stake in Weight Watchers and public approach to weight loss?

3. Why does Gay like to get tattoos?

4. Where was the boarding school Gay attended located?

5. What does Gay tell her writing students that fiction is mostly about?

(see the answer key)

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