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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “The Story of a Generation of Seven Scams” and "We Come From Virginia".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the building in which the protagonist lives in the novel The Bell Jar?
(a) The Mandolin.
(b) The Marquise.
(c) The Amazon.
(d) The Dakota.

2. Which of Tolentino's actions the night she was drugged prevented her from being raped?
(a) She punched.
(b) She kicked.
(c) She vomited.
(d) She bit.

3. What was the last name of the woman who wrote The Second Sex, the book discussed by Tolentino in the essay "Pure Heroines"?
(a) Pickford.
(b) De Beauvoir.
(c) Lancet.
(d) Kinsey.

4. What term does Tolentino use to describe the salaries of college faculty in America during the twenty-first century?
(a) Stagnant.
(b) Soaring.
(c) Rising.
(d) Falling.

5. In which American city did Tolentino grow up?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) San Antonio.
(c) Houston.
(d) Santa Fe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the friend who insisted that Tolentino had to play a particular color of Power Ranger?

2. From which American city did the genre of music known as "chopped and screwed" (136) emerge?

3. What term does Tolentino use in the essay "Ecstasy" to refer to the church she attended throughout childhood and part of adolescence?

4. What food item does Tolentino use as a metaphor for the workaholic lifestyle?

5. Who was the President of the United States at the time the Dear Colleague letter was created?

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