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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. What food item does Tolentino use as a metaphor for the workaholic lifestyle?
(a) Chopped salads.
(b) Twinkies.
(c) Burritos.
(d) Gyros.

2. Jess performed what role within the reality television series Boys Vs. Girls?
(a) Director.
(b) Casting agent.
(c) Travel agent.
(d) Producer.

3. How many miles wide was the island on which the reality show was filmed?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 7.
(d) 12.

4. Tolentino describes the topics of the collection's essays by using which object as a metaphor?
(a) A prism.
(b) A microscope.
(c) A rainbow.
(d) A mirror.

5. Tolentino's friend had insisted that Tolentino could never play which color of Power Ranger in their game?
(a) Orange.
(b) Pink.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which television show does Tolentino allude toward the end of the essay entitled "Always Be Optimizing"?

2. Who wrote the novel that features a protagonist named Esther Greenwood?

3. What was the name of the cast member whom Tolentino describes as the outcast?

4. The building featured in The Bell Jar was patterned after which real building?

5. How old is Esther Greenwood in the novel in which she is the featured protagonist?

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