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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. 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 opinions.
(c) Their friends and family.
(d) Their individual experiences.

2. Which disease did Tolentino contract during her stint in the Peace Corps?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Influenza.

3. How many weeks did Tolentino and the rest of the cast spend on the island?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

4. The title of the essay "Always Be Optimizing" is an allusion to which play?
(a) Rent.
(b) Glengarry Glen Ross.
(c) Cats.
(d) Waiting for Godot.

5. How old was Tolentino when she joined the Peace Corps?
(a) 19.
(b) 21.
(c) 25.
(d) 23.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what island was the reality show featured in "Reality TV Me" filmed?

3. What was the name of the cast member whom Tolentino describes as the outcast?

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

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

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