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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. Which insect does Tolentino use to characterize early users of the internet?
(a) Butterfly.
(b) Aphed.
(c) Moth.
(d) Firefly.

2. What kind of bird was Nigel, the bird whose story went viral when he died protecting a concrete statue of another bird?
(a) A hawk.
(b) A crow.
(c) A robin.
(d) A seagull.

3. In what grade was Tolentino when she used the internet for the first time?
(a) First.
(b) Third.
(c) Tenth.
(d) Fifth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year was the chopped salad first written about as a metaphor for the frenetic pace of life, according to Tolentino?

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

4. Tolentino tells the reader in the introduction that she tends to extinguish what feeling by writing?

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

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