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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “The Story of a Generation of Seven Scams” and "We Come From Virginia".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the novel that features a protagonist named Esther Greenwood?
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) J.D. Salinger.
(c) Jane Austen.
(d) Virginia Woolf.

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

3. Which social media giant is described as "reproducing the lessons of the marketplace" (63)?
(a) Instagram.
(b) SnapChat.
(c) Facebook.
(d) Twitter.

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

5. Jess performed what role within the reality television series Boys Vs. Girls?
(a) Director.
(b) Casting agent.
(c) Travel agent.
(d) Producer.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In what year was the disastrous Fyre Festival held?

4. Tolentino asserts that the first problematic quality of the internet is that it is built with the intention of taking what action in relation to our identities?

5. Which cast member revealed to Tolentino that they were gay but closeted at the time of filming?

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