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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Reality TV Me" and "Always Be Optimizing".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tolentino states that the majority of women consider themselves to be what kind of thinkers?
(a) Educated.
(b) Analytical.
(c) Deep.
(d) Independent.

2. What celestial body does Tolentino use in a metaphorical description of America within the introduction?
(a) Supernova.
(b) Galaxy.
(c) Mars.
(d) Black hole.

3. In what year was the chopped salad first written about as a metaphor for the frenetic pace of life, according to Tolentino?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2017.
(c) 2015.
(d) 2002.

4. Tolentino asserts that the internet tends to minimize the need for what type of action?
(a) Efficient.
(b) Meaningful.
(c) Impulsive.
(d) Physical.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Tolentino notes that the third problematic trait of the internet is that it distends what types of feelings?

2. How many thousands of dollars did the winning team of Boys Vs. Girls win?

3. What does Tolentino name as the most problematic trait of the internet?

4. 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?

5. Tolentino asserts that engaging in the ridiculous goal of "figuring out how to 'get better' at being a woman" (64) will never bring what?

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