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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) Discovery.
(b) Noggin.
(c) PBS.
(d) Nat Geo.

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

3. In which publication did a writer first use the chopped salad as a metaphor for the frenetic pace of life?
(a) The Awl.
(b) The Chicago Tribune.
(c) The Washington Post.
(d) The New York Times.

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

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

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

7. Tolentino asserts that the first problematic quality of the internet is that it is built with the intention of taking what action in relation to our identities?
(a) Obscuring.
(b) Reshaping.
(c) Eradicating.
(d) Polishing.

8. Around which group of people are movements such as #MeToo and #TimesUp organized?
(a) Victims of domestic violence.
(b) Sex offenders.
(c) Women.
(d) Women of color.

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

10. 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 hawk.
(d) A crow.

11. 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) Technology.
(b) Deception.
(c) Selfhood.
(d) Bandwidth.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which word does Tolentino NOT use to describe particular elements of the internet before a major turning point changed their effects?

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

3. On what island was the reality show featured in "Reality TV Me" filmed?

4. What does Tolentino name as the most problematic trait of the internet?

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

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