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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Cult of a Difficult Woman" and "I Thee Dread".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Tolentino notes that the third problematic trait of the internet is that it distends what types of feelings?
(a) Empathetic.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Existential.
(d) Adversarial.

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

4. The first line of the essay "Always Be Optimizing" states that "the ideal woman has always been" (62) what?
(a) Generic.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Fleeting.
(d) Imaginary.

5. Which celebrity does Tolentino use to stand in for the tendency for women's suffering to be viewed as entertainment?
(a) Madonna.
(b) Gwen Stefani.
(c) Britney Spears.
(d) Queen Latifah.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many boys were a part of the reality television show series' cast?

2. Tolentino states that which people have acted as the "primary teaching tools" wielded by "the marketplace" (235)?

3. The fourth problematic trait of the internet, according to Tolentino, is its tendency to diffuse our understanding of what element of life?

4. To which element of life does the term "panopticon" (16) refer, as explained by Tolentino in "The I in Internet"?

5. Tolentino had recently moved to which city at the time "A Rape on Campus" was published?

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