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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Tolentino tells the reader in the introduction that she tends to extinguish what feeling by writing?
(a) Joy.
(b) Uncertainty.
(c) Anger.
(d) Ennui.

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

5. How many dollars did Tolentino's father offer to give her if she tried out for the reality show?
(a) 10.
(b) 50.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

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

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

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

9. To which element of life does the term "panopticon" (16) refer, as explained by Tolentino in "The I in Internet"?
(a) Punishment.
(b) Surveillance.
(c) Reflection.
(d) Definition.

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

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

12. Which insect does Tolentino use to characterize early users of the internet?
(a) Moth.
(b) Firefly.
(c) Aphed.
(d) Butterfly.

13. What is the name of the bioluminescent bay discussed in the essay "Reality TV Me"?
(a) Coral.
(b) Culebra.
(c) Mosquito.
(d) Bahama.

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

15. 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) Confidence.
(b) Hope.
(c) Identity.
(d) Control.

Short Answer Questions

1. The cast member named Cory came from a small town in which state?

2. How many boys were a part of the reality television show series' cast?

3. How many problematic characteristics of the internet does Tolentino identify in the essay "The I in Internet" (13)?

4. In which year was Tolentino a cast member on the show Boys Vs. Girls?

5. The title of the essay "Always Be Optimizing" is an allusion to which play?

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