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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. Jess performed what role within the reality television series Boys Vs. Girls?
(a) Casting agent.
(b) Travel agent.
(c) Producer.
(d) Director.

2. 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) Hope.
(c) Control.
(d) Confidence.

3. What is the name of the restaurant that Tolentino discusses in "Always Be Optimizing"?
(a) Sweetgreen.
(b) Vitality Bowls.
(c) Veggie Delight.
(d) Greenways.

4. The cast member named Cory came from a small town in which state?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Kentucky.

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?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Satisfaction.
(c) Progress.
(d) Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what grade was Tolentino when she used the internet for the first time?

2. To which television show does Tolentino allude toward the end of the essay entitled "Always Be Optimizing"?

3. Tolentino notes that the third problematic trait of the internet is that it distends what types of feelings?

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 essays in total are collected within the book Trick Mirror?

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