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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what channel did Boys Vs. Girls appear, according to Tolentino?
(a) PBS.
(b) Noggin.
(c) Nat Geo.
(d) Discovery.

2. The pizza parlor associated with Pizzagate was called DC's Comet what?
(a) Lollapalooza pizzeria.
(b) Peppermint Parlor pizzeria.
(c) Ping Pong pizzeria.
(d) Truffle pizzeria.

3. How many weeks did Tolentino and the rest of the cast spend on the island?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

4. 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) Satisfaction.
(b) Progress.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Peace.

5. How many girls were members of the reality television show's cast?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

6. The Angelfire subpage Tolentino discusses in the text is titled, "The Story of How Jia Got" (7) what?
(a) Her deepest desire.
(b) Her fondest wish.
(c) Her web addiction.
(d) Her groove back.

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

8. What was NOT an element about which Tolentino was excited when her family got a new computer during spring break?
(a) Having a profile.
(b) IMS.
(c) Chatting.
(d) Sending an email.

9. What was the name of the cast member whom Tolentino describes as the outcast?
(a) Demian.
(b) Cory.
(c) Paris.
(d) Sarah.

10. The Angelfire subpage Tolentino presents for the reader's inspection was created when Tolentino was how old?
(a) 13.
(b) 8.
(c) 16.
(d) 10.

11. Tolentino laments in "The I in Internet" the way in which womanhood can so often "feel like a story of loss of" (28) what?
(a) Hope.
(b) Identity.
(c) Confidence.
(d) Control.

12. At ten, Tolentino admonished her younger self for looking at which kinds of sites during her first sessions online?
(a) Furbies.
(b) Beanie Babies.
(c) Pogo-balls.
(d) Tomagatchis.

13. Tolentino notes that the third problematic trait of the internet is that it distends what types of feelings?
(a) Empathetic.
(b) Existential.
(c) Adversarial.
(d) Selfish.

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

15. What does Tolentino name as the most problematic trait of the internet?
(a) Its inhibits the ability to perceive difference.
(b) Its inhibits the ability to perceive scale.
(c) Its inhibits the ability to perceive reality.
(d) Its inhibits the ability to prioritize.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Tolentino claims that the second problematic quality of the internet is that it encourages people to overestimate the value of what?

4. 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?

5. Tolentino states that the majority of women consider themselves to be what kind of thinkers?

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