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

2. 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?
(a) Selfhood.
(b) Technology.
(c) Bandwidth.
(d) Deception.

3. Tolentino asserts that the internet tends to minimize the need for what type of action?
(a) Efficient.
(b) Meaningful.
(c) Impulsive.
(d) Physical.

4. How many essays in total are collected within the book Trick Mirror?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Tolentino describes the topics of the collection's essays by using which object as a metaphor?

2. Tolentino points out the way in which tweets do not allow for the inclusion of what types of experiences?

3. Tolentino asserts that what element of society "always determines the shape of politics and culture" (10)?

4. In spring break of which year did Tolentino's family get a new computer for the family home?

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

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