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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Reality TV Me" and "Always Be Optimizing".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many problematic characteristics of the internet does Tolentino identify in the essay "The I in Internet" (13)?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

3. Which insect does Tolentino use to characterize early users of the internet?
(a) Firefly.
(b) Aphed.
(c) Moth.
(d) Butterfly.

4. How many weeks did Tolentino and the rest of the cast spend on the island?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

5. The first line of the essay "Always Be Optimizing" states that "the ideal woman has always been" (62) what?
(a) Generic.
(b) Imaginary.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Fleeting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was NOT an element about which Tolentino was excited when her family got a new computer during spring break?

2. What food item does Tolentino use as a metaphor for the workaholic lifestyle?

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

4. How many miles wide was the island on which the reality show was filmed?

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

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