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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 says that which two decades of the internet's existence were marked by gatherings of people in open forums?
(a) The 00s and 10s.
(b) The 90s and 00s.
(c) The 80s and 90s.
(d) The 70s and 80s.

2. What is the name of the restaurant that Tolentino discusses in "Always Be Optimizing"?
(a) Sweetgreen.
(b) Vitality Bowls.
(c) Greenways.
(d) Veggie Delight.

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

4. What is the name of the bioluminescent bay discussed in the essay "Reality TV Me"?
(a) Coral.
(b) Culebra.
(c) Bahama.
(d) Mosquito.

5. Tolentino describes the topics of the collection's essays by using which object as a metaphor?
(a) A mirror.
(b) A prism.
(c) A microscope.
(d) A rainbow.

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

3. Jess performed what role within the reality television series Boys Vs. Girls?

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

5. At which politician was the fiasco called Pizzagate aimed prior to the 2016 United States presidential election?

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