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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Tolentino says that which two decades of the internet's existence were marked by gatherings of people in open forums?
2. What was NOT an element about which Tolentino was excited when her family got a new computer during spring break?
3. The cast member named Cory came from a small town in which state?
4. Which insect does Tolentino use to characterize early users of the internet?
5. Tolentino notes that the third problematic trait of the internet is that it distends what types of feelings?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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)?
2. What does Tolentino mean when she states that "the ideal woman is always optimizing" (63)?
3. What two traits does Tolentino consider crucial to any place on the internet that wants to qualify as a positive space?
4. What psychological effect of the current incarnation of the world wide web does Tolentino find most dangerous and why?
5. What is the significance of Jess's comments about Cory's homosexuality in the essay "Reality TV Me"?
6. What criteria does Tolentino use in order to characterize 2012 as a major turning point in relation to the internet?
7. What does the bioluminescent bay symbolize in the essay entitled "Reality TV Me"?
8. Discuss an instance in the introduction when Tolentino uses a metaphor to illustrate a particular point.
9. What is the source of the essay collection's title, Trick Mirror, according to Tolentino?
10. What is Tolentino's ultimate conclusion about the future of the internet and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how and why Tolentino instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Trick Mirror.
Essay Topic 2
What is the central purpose of the work Trick Mirror? What response do you think Tolentino wants from the text’s audience? How does each essay work in concert with the others in order to support Tolentino’s purpose?
Essay Topic 3
What message does Tolentino send within the pages of Trick Mirror concerning the link between privilege and delusion?
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