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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Tolentino states that she finished writing Trick Mirror in which season of 2018?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.
2. The Angelfire subpage Tolentino discusses in the text is titled, "The Story of How Jia Got" (7) what?
(a) Her deepest desire.
(b) Her fondest wish.
(c) Her web addiction.
(d) Her groove back.
3. The cast member named Cory came from a small town in which state?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) Kentucky.
4. What food item does Tolentino use as a metaphor for the workaholic lifestyle?
(a) Twinkies.
(b) Gyros.
(c) Chopped salads.
(d) Burritos.
5. At ten, Tolentino admonished her younger self for looking at which kinds of sites during her first sessions online?
(a) Furbies.
(b) Tomagatchis.
(c) Pogo-balls.
(d) Beanie Babies.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many miles wide was the island on which the reality show was filmed?
2. How old was Tolentino when she was cast on a reality television show?
3. Tolentino states in the essay "The I in Internet" that what product "has become capitalism's last natural resource" (11) as a result of the internet?
4. How many weeks did Tolentino and the rest of the cast spend on the island?
5. What year does Tolentino name as a turning point for the internet's transition to a new organizing principle?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Jess, the person featured in the essay entitled "Reality TV Me"?
2. What is Tolentino's ultimate conclusion about the future of the internet and why?
3. What does Tolentino mean when she states that "the ideal woman is always optimizing" (63)?
4. How does Tolentino contrast her real feelings about taking part in Girls vs. Boys: Puerto Rico with the impression she gave her family?
5. What end product does Tolentino name as the consistent result of trying to become better at being a woman or "of learning to get better at life under accelerated capitalism" (65)?
6. In what way is "the rise of barre" (74) unprecedented, according to Tolentino in the essay "Always Be Optimizing"?
7. To what work is the title of "Always Be Optimizing" referring and what is the significance of the allusion within the essay?
8. What symbolism does Tolentino highlight within an Instagram profile in the essay "Always Be Optimizing"?
9. In what way does Tolentino present the theme of hypocrisy within the essay entitled "Reality TV Me"?
10. What psychological effect of the current incarnation of the world wide web does Tolentino find most dangerous and why?
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