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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. When Tolentino was in college, a male student put Rophypnol into which substance that Tolentino was ingesting?

2. Tolentino states that Zuckerberg controls what kinds of definitions for Facebook users?

3. In which magazine was the article called "A Rape on Campus," written by Erdely, published?

4. What term does Tolentino use to describe the salaries of college faculty in America during the twenty-first century?

5. Tolentino states in the essay "Ectasy" that she has spent how many years trying to undo her first 15 years of religious training?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Billy McFarland?

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

3. What connection does Tolentino draw between her religious upbringing and her interest in ecstasy?

4. Why does Tolentino use the term "Repentagon" (130) in association with her childhood church?

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

6. For what reason does Tolentino characterize student debt in America as a "generation-defining scam" (167)?

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

8. In what way did an incident with her friend Allison change the way Tolentino viewed herself?

9. Describe an instance in one of the essays when Tolentino utilizes sensory details with a particular purpose in mind.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Tolentino employ the use or rejection of fallacy within Trick Mirror and how does the inclusion of fallacy help Tolentino to prove particular points made within the text?

Essay Topic 2

How is the theme of courage treated within Trick Mirror and how does its treatment relate to the collection's depicted messages?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the effects of stress on the collection's discussed people and the coping methods each main subject uses to deal with emotional turmoil. Which people’s methods are effective, which are ineffective, and how do these varying levels of efficiency affect the messages sent within Tolentino’s book Trick Mirror?

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