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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction and "The I in Internet".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tolentino describes the topics of the collection's essays by using which object as a metaphor?
(a) A microscope.
(b) A prism.
(c) A mirror.
(d) A rainbow.

2. How many problematic characteristics of the internet does Tolentino identify in the essay "The I in Internet" (13)?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

3. Tolentino claims that the second problematic quality of the internet is that it encourages people to overestimate the value of what?
(a) Their empathy.
(b) Their individual experiences.
(c) Their opinions.
(d) Their friends and family.

4. What was NOT an element about which Tolentino was excited when her family got a new computer during spring break?
(a) IMS.
(b) Chatting.
(c) Having a profile.
(d) Sending an email.

5. The Angelfire subpage Tolentino discusses in the text is titled, "The Story of How Jia Got" (7) what?
(a) Her groove back.
(b) Her web addiction.
(c) Her deepest desire.
(d) Her fondest wish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tolentino asserts that the internet tends to minimize the need for what type of action?

2. What does Tolentino name as the most problematic trait of the internet?

3. In spring break of which year did Tolentino's family get a new computer for the family home?

4. The first line of the essay "The I in Internet" states, "In the beginning the internet seemed" (7) what?

5. Tolentino states that she began writing Trick Mirror in which season of 2017?

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