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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. At what age did Tolentino enter first grade?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

2. What is the name of Liz Seccuro's memoir about her experiences of surviving rape during her college years?
(a) Under the Table and Dreaming.
(b) March of the Ants.
(c) Crash into Me.
(d) March of the Pigs.

3. In which magazine was the article called "A Rape on Campus," written by Erdely, published?
(a) Esquire.
(b) Rolling Stone.
(c) Mademoiselle.
(d) Interview.

4. In what year was the disastrous Fyre Festival held?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2014.
(c) 2012.
(d) 2017.

5. What is the first name of the writer with the last name Arendt, whose work is referenced within "Pure Heroines"?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Lisa.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Hannah.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what level of school was Tolentino when her friend insisted that she had to be a certain color of Power Ranger?

2. What was the name of the friend who insisted that Tolentino had to play a particular color of Power Ranger?

3. From which American city did the genre of music known as "chopped and screwed" (136) emerge?

4. What is the first of the several major events discussed within the essay "The Story of a Generation of Seven Scams"?

5. Tolentino's friend had insisted that Tolentino could never play which color of Power Ranger in their game?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Esther Greenwood?

2. Who is Billy McFarland?

3. Analyze Tolentino's reason for using an allusion to Ulysses in the essay entitled "Pure Heroines."

4. Explain how Tolentino contrasts her journalism skills in 2011 with her journalism skills in 2020.

5. Describe an instance in "We Come from Old Virginia" when Tolentino depicts her younger self as a product of a patriarchal society.

6. Discuss Tolentino's reason for discussing at length Sylvia Plath's novel The Bell Jar in the essay entitled "Pure Heroines."

7. What underlying reasons does Tolentino point to when she discusses scam culture and its takeover of the online landscape?

8. What is the main claim being made within the essay entitled "Pure Heroines" and how do you know?

9. What distinction does Tolentino make between the depiction of trauma in children's literature and the depiction of trauma in adult literature?

10. On which generation does the essay "The Story of a Generation of Seven Scams" focus?

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