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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. On what island was the reality show featured in "Reality TV Me" filmed?
(a) Angel.
(b) Vieques.
(c) Cypress.
(d) Culebra.

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

3. How many miles wide was the island on which the reality show was filmed?
(a) 2.
(b) 7.
(c) 12.
(d) 4.

4. The cast member named Cory came from a small town in which state?
(a) Arkansas.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Tennessee.

5. Tolentino states that which people have acted as the "primary teaching tools" wielded by "the marketplace" (235)?
(a) Artists.
(b) Celebrities.
(c) Parents.
(d) College professors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a word Tolentino uses to describe particular elements of the internet that soured after a turning point she names?

2. In what year was the book entitled Bitch published?

3. Tolentino states in "Always Be Optimizing" that perhaps we need to learn from which figure?

4. In what year was the Dear Colleague letter created, as discussed in the essay "We Come from Old Virginia"?

5. What kind of debt does Tolentino characterize as a "generation-defining scam" (188)?

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