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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Pure Heroines" and "Ecstasy".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which publication did a writer first use the chopped salad as a metaphor for the frenetic pace of life?
(a) The Awl.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) The Chicago Tribune.

2. At ten, Tolentino admonished her younger self for looking at which kinds of sites during her first sessions online?
(a) Furbies.
(b) Tomagatchis.
(c) Beanie Babies.
(d) Pogo-balls.

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

4. In spring break of which year did Tolentino's family get a new computer for the family home?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2003.

5. Tolentino tells the reader in the introduction that she tends to extinguish what feeling by writing?
(a) Uncertainty.
(b) Ennui.
(c) Anger.
(d) Joy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tolentino and her family were spending the day at what location when she tried out for the television show?

2. Tolentino states that whenever she visits Sweetgreen, she generally eats her lunch in under how many minutes?

3. Which emotion did Tolentino feel most strongly during the interaction about the Power Rangers?

4. The writer who first compared a chopped salad's qualities to the workaholic lifestyle said that it promotes the consumption of what?

5. What is NOT one of the three "nightmarish metaphorical structures" (16) Tolentino says the internet added to the existing structures of stage and audience?

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