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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 what element of society "always determines the shape of politics and culture" (10)?
(a) Mass media.
(b) Government.
(c) The arts community.
(d) Mass media.

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

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

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

5. How old was Tolentino when she joined the Peace Corps?
(a) 23.
(b) 19.
(c) 25.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Tolentino notes that the third problematic trait of the internet is that it distends what types of feelings?

3. The first line of the essay "The I in Internet" states, "In the beginning the internet seemed" (7) what?

4. Which insect does Tolentino use to characterize early users of the internet?

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

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