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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 engaging in the ridiculous goal of "figuring out how to 'get better' at being a woman" (64) will never bring what?
(a) Satisfaction.
(b) Progress.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Peace.

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

3. Tolentino states in "Always Be Optimizing" that perhaps we need to learn from which figure?
(a) The cyborg.
(b) The jester.
(c) The sleuth.
(d) The mummy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The pizza parlor associated with Pizzagate was called DC's Comet what?

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

3. Around which group of people are movements such as #MeToo and #TimesUp organized?

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

5. In which year was Tolentino a cast member on the show Boys Vs. Girls?

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