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

2. Tolentino states in the essay "The I in Internet" that what product "has become capitalism's last natural resource" (11) as a result of the internet?
(a) Deception.
(b) Technology.
(c) Selfhood.
(d) Bandwidth.

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. Tolentino points out the way in which tweets do not allow for the inclusion of what types of experiences?
(a) Complex.
(b) Individual.
(c) Communal.
(d) Authentic.

5. On what island was the reality show featured in "Reality TV Me" filmed?
(a) Cypress.
(b) Angel.
(c) Vieques.
(d) Culebra.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The cast member named Cory came from a small town in which state?

4. In which year was Tolentino a cast member on the show Boys Vs. Girls?

5. The writer who first compared a chopped salad's qualities to the workaholic lifestyle said that it promotes the consumption of what?

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