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

2. Which writer is named by Tolentino as a violent abuser, though she says that in the literary world he is also a revered "genius" (242)?
(a) Norman Mailer.
(b) J.D. Salinger.
(c) John Steinbeck.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

3. According to Tolentino, which person's treatment showed "how much America despises a woman who wants power" (236)?
(a) Gloria Steinem.
(b) Hillary Clinton.
(c) Elizabeth Warren.
(d) Nancy Pelosi.

4. The cast member named Cory came from a small town in which state?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) West Virginia.

5. Who was the President of the United States at the time the Dear Colleague letter was created?
(a) Bush, Sr.
(b) Obama.
(c) Clinton.
(d) Bush, Jr.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tolentino states that she finished writing Trick Mirror in which season of 2018?

2. In what city does the novel The Bell Jar take place?

3. Tolentino states that Zuckerberg controls what kinds of definitions for Facebook users?

4. Tolentino asserts that engaging in the ridiculous goal of "figuring out how to 'get better' at being a woman" (64) will never bring what?

5. Tolentino states that the majority of women consider themselves to be what kind of thinkers?

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