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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction and "The I in Internet".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tolentino name as the most problematic trait of the internet?
(a) Its inhibits the ability to prioritize.
(b) Its inhibits the ability to perceive scale.
(c) Its inhibits the ability to perceive difference.
(d) Its inhibits the ability to perceive reality.

2. At which politician was the fiasco called Pizzagate aimed prior to the 2016 United States presidential election?
(a) George Bush.
(b) Donald Trump.
(c) Barack Obama.
(d) Hillary Clinton.

3. Which word does Tolentino NOT use to describe particular elements of the internet before a major turning point changed their effects?
(a) Curious.
(b) Vindicating.
(c) Rewarding.
(d) Surprising.

4. The pizza parlor associated with Pizzagate was called DC's Comet what?
(a) Truffle pizzeria.
(b) Ping Pong pizzeria.
(c) Peppermint Parlor pizzeria.
(d) Lollapalooza pizzeria.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Tolentino describe the new organizing principle that came to envelop most online interactions in a particular year?

2. What year does Tolentino name as a turning point for the internet's transition to a new organizing principle?

3. What kind of bird was Nigel, the bird whose story went viral when he died protecting a concrete statue of another bird?

4. How many essays in total are collected within the book Trick Mirror?

5. Tolentino asserts that the first problematic quality of the internet is that it is built with the intention of taking what action in relation to our identities?

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