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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Reality TV Me" and "Always Be Optimizing".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Tolentino describe the new organizing principle that came to envelop most online interactions in a particular year?
(a) Money.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Opposition.
(d) Hatred.

2. What was the name of the cast member whom Tolentino describes as the outcast?
(a) Cory.
(b) Paris.
(c) Demian.
(d) Sarah.

3. What is NOT a word Tolentino uses to describe particular elements of the internet that soured after a turning point she names?
(a) Banal.
(b) Noxious.
(c) Tedious.
(d) Grim.

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

5. On what channel did Boys Vs. Girls appear, according to Tolentino?
(a) Nat Geo.
(b) Discovery.
(c) Noggin.
(d) PBS.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word does Tolentino NOT use to describe particular elements of the internet before a major turning point changed their effects?

2. Which social media giant is described as "reproducing the lessons of the marketplace" (63)?

3. Tolentino describes the topics of the collection's essays by using which object as a metaphor?

4. Tolentino claims that the second problematic quality of the internet is that it encourages people to overestimate the value of what?

5. How many problematic characteristics of the internet does Tolentino identify in the essay "The I in Internet" (13)?

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