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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. Tolentino comments on Erdely's mistakes by stating that which kind of intentions "often produce blind spots" (208)?
(a) Good.
(b) Unwitting.
(c) Sincere.
(d) Earnest.

2. What level of school was Tolentino attending when she began to feel "twinges of guilt" (134) after each church service?
(a) Middle school.
(b) Elementary school.
(c) High school.
(d) College.

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

4. What was NOT an element about which Tolentino was excited when her family got a new computer during spring break?
(a) Having a profile.
(b) Chatting.
(c) Sending an email.
(d) IMS.

5. Tolentino states that if one were to view womanhood entirely through the lens of literature, adulthood would look like what?
(a) Bitterness.
(b) Anger.
(c) Resignation.
(d) Depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Tolentino was still in college, Liz Seccuro brought charges against a group of men she accused of committing what crime?

2. Tolentino states that her illness during her stint in the Peace Corps taught her not to take what kind of body for granted?

3. The title of the essay "Always Be Optimizing" is an allusion to which play?

4. Tolentino states in the essay "The I in Internet" that what product "has become capitalism's last natural resource" (11) as a result of the internet?

5. What was the first name of the queen whose white wedding dress established a steadfast tradition?

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