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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 and her family were spending the day at what location when she tried out for the television show?
(a) The movie theater.
(b) The zoo.
(c) The mall.
(d) The roller skating rink.

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

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which disease did Tolentino contract during her stint in the Peace Corps?

2. In which publication did a writer first use the chopped salad as a metaphor for the frenetic pace of life?

3. Tolentino claims that the second problematic quality of the internet is that it encourages people to overestimate the value of what?

4. In which sport did Tolentino participated during her adolescence?

5. Jess performed what role within the reality television series Boys Vs. Girls?

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