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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the main character in STONE BUTCH BLUES?
(a) Jess Goldenblatt.
(b) Jess Goldberg.
(c) Jamie Goldberg.
(d) Jane Goldberg.

2. Where does Jess run after being busted for smoking in the girls' room?
(a) Home.
(b) The parking lot.
(c) The football field.
(d) The choir room.

3. A lesbian who acts in a traditionally feminine way is called _________________.
(a) misdirected.
(b) a femme.
(c) a butch.
(d) volatile.

4. Jess also endures racial slurs from people who are _______________.
(a) anti-Semitic.
(b) religious.
(c) uneducated.
(d) in her class.

5. What would happen if gays were to fight back against the police during beatings?
(a) They would be denied meetings with their lawyers.
(b) They would get beaten even worse.
(c) They would be sent to solitary confinement.
(d) They would be denied a phone call.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following do Butch Al and Jacqueline NOT teach Jess?

2. Who is the butch who offers Jess a place to stay?

3. It was once ___________ for women to dance together.

4. Which of the following does Jess NOT do while at the mental hospital?

5. The general consensus in the 1960s was that if the police roughed you up, ____________________.

(see the answer key)

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