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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Which disease did Tolentino contract during her stint in the Peace Corps?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Dysentery.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Influenza.

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

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

7. In spring break of which year did Tolentino's family get a new computer for the family home?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2000.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2003.

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

9. In what year was the chopped salad first written about as a metaphor for the frenetic pace of life, according to Tolentino?
(a) 2011.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2015.
(d) 2017.

10. Tolentino says that which two decades of the internet's existence were marked by gatherings of people in open forums?
(a) The 80s and 90s.
(b) The 00s and 10s.
(c) The 70s and 80s.
(d) The 90s and 00s.

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

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

13. In what grade was Tolentino when she used the internet for the first time?
(a) Tenth.
(b) First.
(c) Fifth.
(d) Third.

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

15. How many problematic characteristics of the internet does Tolentino identify in the essay "The I in Internet" (13)?
(a) 6.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many girls were members of the reality television show's cast?

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

5. The first line of the essay "The I in Internet" states, "In the beginning the internet seemed" (7) what?

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