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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Cult of a Difficult Woman" and "I Thee Dread".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. For which publication was Tolentino writing when "A Rape on Campus" was published by Erdely?
(a) Jezebel.
(b) BuzzFeed.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) The Guardian.

4. Which writer is named by Tolentino as a violent abuser, though she says that in the literary world he is also a revered "genius" (242)?
(a) J.D. Salinger.
(b) John Steinbeck.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Norman Mailer.

5. In which American city did Tolentino grow up?
(a) San Antonio.
(b) Santa Fe.
(c) Phoenix.
(d) Houston.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the title of the essay "I Thee Dread" allude?

2. Tolentino worries that Zuckerberg has the power to take what action in relation to elections?

3. What is the name of the building in which the protagonist lives in the novel The Bell Jar?

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

5. Whose literary wedding is described within her novel as a bride who has sweetly surrendered?

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