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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which sport did Tolentino participated during her adolescence?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Softball.
(d) Cheer.

2. How old was Tolentino when she joined the Peace Corps?
(a) 21.
(b) 23.
(c) 19.
(d) 25.

3. What food item does Tolentino use as a metaphor for the workaholic lifestyle?
(a) Gyros.
(b) Twinkies.
(c) Burritos.
(d) Chopped salads.

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. How old was Tolentino when she was cast on a reality television show?
(a) 18.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.

9. How many camera from the reality television show filmed the events at the bioluminescent bay?
(a) 1.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 0.

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

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

12. The fourth problematic trait of the internet, according to Tolentino, is its tendency to diffuse our understanding of what element of life?
(a) Dread.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Solidarity.

13. 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) Definition.
(d) Reflection.

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

15. In which year was Tolentino a cast member on the show Boys Vs. Girls?
(a) 2002.
(b) 2003.
(c) 1999.
(d) 2005.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which social media giant is described as "reproducing the lessons of the marketplace" (63)?

2. What year does Tolentino name as a turning point for the internet's transition to a new organizing principle?

3. How many thousands of dollars did the winning team of Boys Vs. Girls win?

4. Which disease did Tolentino contract during her stint in the Peace Corps?

5. What is the name of the bioluminescent bay discussed in the essay "Reality TV Me"?

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