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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tolentino states in the essay "Ectasy" that she has spent how many years trying to undo her first 15 years of religious training?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 25.

2. What kind of festival was the Fyre Festival discussed by Tolentino?
(a) Art.
(b) Food.
(c) Dance.
(d) Music.

3. In what year was the Dear Colleague letter created, as discussed in the essay "We Come from Old Virginia"?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1990.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2002.

4. Videos of what sorry excuse for food went viral in connection with the Fyre Festival?
(a) Carrot-raisin salad.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Broccoli.
(d) Ramen.

5. The colleges to which Tolentino applied were mostly in New England and in which state?
(a) New York.
(b) California.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Texas.

6. What is the name of the building in which the protagonist lives in the novel The Bell Jar?
(a) The Mandolin.
(b) The Marquise.
(c) The Dakota.
(d) The Amazon.

7. What level of school was Tolentino attending when she began to feel "twinges of guilt" (134) after each church service?
(a) Elementary school.
(b) College.
(c) High school.
(d) Middle school.

8. At the start of the essay entitled "Ecstasy," Tolentino recalls that the church of her childhood had trees of what variety on its property?
(a) Chestnut.
(b) Oak.
(c) Maple.
(d) Elm.

9. At what age did Tolentino enter high school?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.

10. Which religion did Tolentino's family follow during her childhood?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Islam.

11. On which generation does the essay "The Story of a Generation of Seven Scams" focus?
(a) Millennials.
(b) Baby Boomers.
(c) Generation Y.
(d) Generation X.

12. What was the last name of the woman who wrote The Second Sex, the book discussed by Tolentino in the essay "Pure Heroines"?
(a) De Beauvoir.
(b) Pickford.
(c) Lancet.
(d) Kinsey.

13. From which American city did the genre of music known as "chopped and screwed" (136) emerge?
(a) Houston.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Santa Fe.
(d) Atlanta.

14. Tolentino writes that on Sundays, her church "looked like a" (130) what?
(a) Carnival.
(b) Ghost town.
(c) Circus.
(d) Car dealership.

15. In what month of the year was the disastrous Fyre Festival held?
(a) August.
(b) September.
(c) May.
(d) April.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the friend who insisted that Tolentino had to play a particular color of Power Ranger?

2. In what year was the disastrous Fyre Festival held?

3. What fraction of the world uses Facebook on at least a monthly basis?

4. Tolentino states that if one were to view womanhood entirely through the lens of literature, adulthood would look like what?

5. Tolentino discusses a particular literary hero and his discovery of all but which of the following?

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