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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 if one were to view womanhood entirely through the lens of literature, adulthood would look like what?
(a) Anger.
(b) Bitterness.
(c) Resignation.
(d) Depression.

2. At the start of the essay entitled "Ecstasy," Tolentino recalls that the church of her childhood had trees of what variety on its property?
(a) Oak.
(b) Chestnut.
(c) Maple.
(d) Elm.

3. Videos of what sorry excuse for food went viral in connection with the Fyre Festival?
(a) Broccoli.
(b) Carrot-raisin salad.
(c) Ramen.
(d) Sandwiches.

4. How many people did Tolentino's church seat, according to her account?
(a) 800.
(b) 1,300.
(c) 600.
(d) 400.

5. How old is Esther Greenwood in the novel in which she is the featured protagonist?
(a) 23.
(b) 19.
(c) 21.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tolentino discusses at length the character of Esther Greenwood, the protagonist of which novel?

2. In what city does the novel The Bell Jar take place?

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

4. In which town is the University of Virginia located?

5. In what year was Tolentino's childhood church founded, though she started attending in the mid-nineties?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what types of evidence does Tolentino point after she states, "Something likely happened to Jackie on September 28, 2012" (203)?

2. Why does Tolentino describe the Rolling Stone article "A Rape on Campus" as "now infamously, a graphic account of a gang rape at Phi Kappa Psi," (197) a fraternity at the University of Virginia?

3. Which of the seven scams discussed in the essay "The Story of a Generation of Seven Scams" does Tolentino consider the most egregious example and why?

4. How and why does Tolentino bring in the work of Simone de Beauvoir in the essay entitled "Pure Heroines"?

5. Who is Billy McFarland?

6. Who is Esther Greenwood?

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

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

9. What does Tolentino mean when she asserts that Mark Zuckerberg "controls a nation-state" (169)?

10. What is the symbolism of the Amazon building Tolentino discusses in the essay entitled "Pure Heroines"?

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