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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Cult of a Difficult Woman" and "I Thee Dread".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tolentino states in "The Cult of the Difficult Woman" that "Extraordinary women face a lot of" (237) what?
(a) Conflict.
(b) Challenges.
(c) Pain.
(d) Backlash.

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

3. The colleges to which Tolentino applied were mostly in New England and in which state?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Texas.
(c) California.
(d) New York.

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

5. The first line of the essay "The I in Internet" states, "In the beginning the internet seemed" (7) what?
(a) Good.
(b) Fun.
(c) Harmless.
(d) Boring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tolentino asserts that engaging in the ridiculous goal of "figuring out how to 'get better' at being a woman" (64) will never bring what?

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

3. The first line of the essay "Always Be Optimizing" states that "the ideal woman has always been" (62) what?

4. Tolentino states that whenever she visits Sweetgreen, she generally eats her lunch in under how many minutes?

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

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