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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the restaurant that Tolentino discusses in "Always Be Optimizing"?
(a) Sweetgreen.
(b) Vitality Bowls.
(c) Greenways.
(d) Veggie Delight.

2. Tolentino and her family were spending the day at what location when she tried out for the television show?
(a) The roller skating rink.
(b) The mall.
(c) The zoo.
(d) The movie theater.

3. How does Tolentino describe the new organizing principle that came to envelop most online interactions in a particular year?
(a) Opposition.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Money.
(d) Poverty.

4. Tolentino asserts that what element of society "always determines the shape of politics and culture" (10)?
(a) Mass media.
(b) The arts community.
(c) Government.
(d) Mass media.

5. In which sport did Tolentino participate during her childhood?
(a) Gymnastics.
(b) Basketball.
(c) Rugby.
(d) Soccer.

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

7. Tolentino asserts that engaging in the ridiculous goal of "figuring out how to 'get better' at being a woman" (64) will never bring what?
(a) Progress.
(b) Satisfaction.
(c) Peace.
(d) Happiness.

8. Tolentino asserts that the internet tends to minimize the need for what type of action?
(a) Meaningful.
(b) Physical.
(c) Impulsive.
(d) Efficient.

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

10. Tolentino points out the way in which tweets do not allow for the inclusion of what types of experiences?
(a) Authentic.
(b) Individual.
(c) Communal.
(d) Complex.

11. What year does Tolentino name as a turning point for the internet's transition to a new organizing principle?
(a) 2012.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2014.

12. Tolentino states in the essay "The I in Internet" that what product "has become capitalism's last natural resource" (11) as a result of the internet?
(a) Selfhood.
(b) Bandwidth.
(c) Deception.
(d) Technology.

13. Tolentino states that her illness during her stint in the Peace Corps taught her not to take what kind of body for granted?
(a) Functional.
(b) Muscular.
(c) Active.
(d) Lithe.

14. What kind of bird was Nigel, the bird whose story went viral when he died protecting a concrete statue of another bird?
(a) A hawk.
(b) A crow.
(c) A robin.
(d) A seagull.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What food item does Tolentino use as a metaphor for the workaholic lifestyle?

2. At ten, Tolentino admonished her younger self for looking at which kinds of sites during her first sessions online?

3. In which level of school was Tolentino when she was featured on a reality television series?

4. How many dollars did Tolentino's father offer to give her if she tried out for the reality show?

5. The writer who first compared a chopped salad's qualities to the workaholic lifestyle said that it promotes the consumption of what?

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