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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 claims that the second problematic quality of the internet is that it encourages people to overestimate the value of what?
(a) Their opinions.
(b) Their empathy.
(c) Their friends and family.
(d) Their individual experiences.

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

3. In what grade was Tolentino when she used the internet for the first time?
(a) Third.
(b) Tenth.
(c) Fifth.
(d) First.

4. 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?
(a) Polishing.
(b) Eradicating.
(c) Obscuring.
(d) Reshaping.

5. To which element of life does the term "panopticon" (16) refer, as explained by Tolentino in "The I in Internet"?
(a) Definition.
(b) Reflection.
(c) Punishment.
(d) Surveillance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tolentino tells the reader in the introduction that she tends to extinguish what feeling by writing?

2. Which word does Tolentino NOT use to describe particular elements of the internet before a major turning point changed their effects?

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

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

5. At ten, Tolentino admonished her younger self for looking at which kinds of sites during her first sessions online?

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