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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which level of school was Tolentino when she was featured on a reality television series?
(a) Elementary school.
(b) Middle school.
(c) College.
(d) High school.

2. The first line of the essay "Always Be Optimizing" states that "the ideal woman has always been" (62) what?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Generic.
(c) Fleeting.
(d) Imaginary.

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

4. Which social media giant is described as "reproducing the lessons of the marketplace" (63)?
(a) SnapChat.
(b) Facebook.
(c) Twitter.
(d) Instagram.

5. How many boys were a part of the reality television show series' cast?
(a) 3.
(b) 8.
(c) 10.
(d) 4.

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

7. Tolentino states in "Always Be Optimizing" that perhaps we need to learn from which figure?
(a) The jester.
(b) The mummy.
(c) The cyborg.
(d) The sleuth.

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

9. How many miles wide was the island on which the reality show was filmed?
(a) 7.
(b) 12.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many dollars did Tolentino's father offer to give her if she tried out for the reality show?

2. Tolentino asserts that engaging in the ridiculous goal of "figuring out how to 'get better' at being a woman" (64) will never bring what?

3. Tolentino states that whenever she visits Sweetgreen, she generally eats her lunch in under how many minutes?

4. What is NOT a word Tolentino uses to describe particular elements of the internet that soured after a turning point she names?

5. How many camera from the reality television show filmed the events at the bioluminescent bay?

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