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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which level of school was Tolentino when she was featured on a reality television series?
(a) Middle school.
(b) College.
(c) Elementary school.
(d) High school.

2. The first line of the essay "The I in Internet" states, "In the beginning the internet seemed" (7) what?
(a) Harmless.
(b) Good.
(c) Boring.
(d) Fun.

3. 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) Reshaping.
(c) Polishing.
(d) Eradicating.

4. Tolentino tells the reader in the introduction that she tends to extinguish what feeling by writing?
(a) Ennui.
(b) Uncertainty.
(c) Joy.
(d) Anger.

5. Tolentino states that she finished writing Trick Mirror in which season of 2018?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

6. Tolentino says that which two decades of the internet's existence were marked by gatherings of people in open forums?
(a) The 80s and 90s.
(b) The 70s and 80s.
(c) The 00s and 10s.
(d) The 90s and 00s.

7. Around which group of people are movements such as #MeToo and #TimesUp organized?
(a) Victims of domestic violence.
(b) Women of color.
(c) Women.
(d) Sex offenders.

8. The writer who first compared a chopped salad's qualities to the workaholic lifestyle said that it promotes the consumption of what?
(a) Flavors.
(b) Vitamins.
(c) Data.
(d) Nutrients.

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

10. Tolentino states that she began writing Trick Mirror in which season of 2017?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

11. In which publication did a writer first use the chopped salad as a metaphor for the frenetic pace of life?
(a) The Chicago Tribune.
(b) The Awl.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) The New York Times.

12. 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) Control.
(b) Identity.
(c) Hope.
(d) Confidence.

13. Tolentino points out the way in which tweets do not allow for the inclusion of what types of experiences?
(a) Authentic.
(b) Communal.
(c) Complex.
(d) Individual.

14. How many girls were members of the reality television show's cast?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

15. Tolentino states that whenever she visits Sweetgreen, she generally eats her lunch in under how many minutes?
(a) 30.
(b) 10.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many essays in total are collected within the book Trick Mirror?

2. What is NOT a word Tolentino uses to describe particular elements of the internet that soured after a turning point she names?

3. How does Tolentino describe the new organizing principle that came to envelop most online interactions in a particular year?

4. The pizza parlor associated with Pizzagate was called DC's Comet what?

5. At ten, Tolentino admonished her younger self for looking at which kinds of sites during her first sessions online?

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