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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. What is NOT one of the three "nightmarish metaphorical structures" (16) Tolentino says the internet added to the existing structures of stage and audience?
(a) Anvil.
(b) Panopticon.
(c) Mirror.
(d) Echo.

2. Tolentino states that in adult fiction, which element almost always "comes first" (98) in a female protagonist's plot arc?
(a) Self-doubt.
(b) Trauma.
(c) Selflessness.
(d) Materialism.

3. The fourth problematic trait of the internet, according to Tolentino, is its tendency to diffuse our understanding of what element of life?
(a) Dread.
(b) Solidarity.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Empathy.

4. In what year was the chopped salad first written about as a metaphor for the frenetic pace of life, according to Tolentino?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2017.
(c) 2015.
(d) 2002.

5. What term does Tolentino use in the essay "Ecstasy" to refer to the church she attended throughout childhood and part of adolescence?
(a) Guiltland.
(b) Repentagon.
(c) Revival.
(d) Jail.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the building in which the protagonist lives in the novel The Bell Jar?

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

3. Tolentino states that she finished writing Trick Mirror in which season of 2018?

4. Tolentino states that her illness during her stint in the Peace Corps taught her not to take what kind of body for granted?

5. In which sport did Tolentino participated during her adolescence?

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