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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. What is NOT a word Tolentino uses to describe particular elements of the internet that soured after a turning point she names?
(a) Grim.
(b) Tedious.
(c) Banal.
(d) Noxious.

2. When the article "A Rape on Campus" was published, for how many years had Erdely been out of college?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

3. At which politician was the fiasco called Pizzagate aimed prior to the 2016 United States presidential election?
(a) Hillary Clinton.
(b) Barack Obama.
(c) George Bush.
(d) Donald Trump.

4. The title of the essay "Always Be Optimizing" is an allusion to which play?
(a) Cats.
(b) Rent.
(c) Glengarry Glen Ross.
(d) Waiting for Godot.

5. In what year was the Dear Colleague letter created, as discussed in the essay "We Come from Old Virginia"?
(a) 2011.
(b) 1997.
(c) 2002.
(d) 1990.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Tolentino was still in college, Liz Seccuro brought charges against a group of men she accused of committing what crime?

2. Which of Tolentino's actions the night she was drugged prevented her from being raped?

3. What was the first name of the woman who accused members of the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi of rape?

4. Tolentino states that in adult fiction, which element almost always "comes first" (98) in a female protagonist's plot arc?

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

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