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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Pure Heroines" and "Ecstasy".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Around which group of people are movements such as #MeToo and #TimesUp organized?
(a) Sex offenders.
(b) Victims of domestic violence.
(c) Women.
(d) Women of color.

2. Tolentino discusses a particular literary hero and his discovery of all but which of the following?
(a) Success.
(b) Self.
(c) Identity.
(d) Story.

3. On what channel did Boys Vs. Girls appear, according to Tolentino?
(a) PBS.
(b) Discovery.
(c) Nat Geo.
(d) Noggin.

4. The building featured in The Bell Jar was patterned after which real building?
(a) The Ritz.
(b) The Duchess.
(c) The Barbizon.
(d) The Bramford.

5. At ten, Tolentino admonished her younger self for looking at which kinds of sites during her first sessions online?
(a) Tomagatchis.
(b) Furbies.
(c) Pogo-balls.
(d) Beanie Babies.

Short Answer Questions

1. The fourth problematic trait of the internet, according to Tolentino, is its tendency to diffuse our understanding of what element of life?

2. Tolentino provides a long list of female literary protagonists who are victims of which crime?

3. Tolentino states in the essay "Ectasy" that she has spent how many years trying to undo her first 15 years of religious training?

4. Tolentino states in "Pure Heroines" that if one were to view womanhood entirely through the lens of literature, childhood would look like what?

5. Which action taken by a particular hero is considered evidence by Tolentino that he has come to certain realizations?

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