1. Tolentino and her family were spending the day at what location when she tried out for the television show?
(a) The movie theater.
(b) The roller skating rink.
(c) The mall.
(d) The zoo.

2. How many thousands of dollars did the winning team of Boys Vs. Girls win?
(a) 100.
(b) 50.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

3. To which television show does Tolentino allude toward the end of the essay entitled "Always Be Optimizing"?
(a) Cheers.
(b) Orphan Black.
(c) Twin Peaks.
(d) Black Mirror.

4. Tolentino laments in "The I in Internet" the way in which womanhood can so often "feel like a story of loss of" (28) what?
(a) Identity.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Hope.
(d) Control.

5. Tolentino asserts that the first problematic quality of the internet is that it is built with the intention of taking what action in relation to our identities?
(a) Obscuring.
(b) Polishing.
(c) Eradicating.
(d) Reshaping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the three "nightmarish metaphorical structures" (16) Tolentino says the internet added to the existing structures of stage and audience?

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

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

4. Which cast member revealed to Tolentino that they were gay but closeted at the time of filming?

5. Tolentino asserts that engaging in the ridiculous goal of "figuring out how to 'get better' at being a woman" (64) will never bring what?

(see the answer key)

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