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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of debt had until recently been carried by the greatest number of Americans?
(a) Car.
(b) Student.
(c) Homeowner.
(d) Credit card.

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

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

4. In what year was the final group of millennials born, according to Tolentino?
(a) 1996.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1994.
(d) 2004.

5. How old is Esther Greenwood in the novel in which she is the featured protagonist?
(a) 19.
(b) 23.
(c) 21.
(d) 25.

6. For which publication was Tolentino writing when "A Rape on Campus" was published by Erdely?
(a) The Guardian.
(b) Jezebel.
(c) The New York Times.
(d) BuzzFeed.

7. In what city does the novel The Bell Jar take place?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New York City.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Philadelphia.

8. Tolentino comments on Erdely's mistakes by stating that which kind of intentions "often produce blind spots" (208)?
(a) Unwitting.
(b) Sincere.
(c) Earnest.
(d) Good.

9. Tolentino discusses a particular literary hero and his discovery of all but which of the following?
(a) Self.
(b) Identity.
(c) Story.
(d) Success.

10. In which magazine was the article called "A Rape on Campus," written by Erdely, published?
(a) Rolling Stone.
(b) Interview.
(c) Esquire.
(d) Mademoiselle.

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

12. What was the first name of McFarland, the 25-year-old man who created the Fyre Festival?
(a) Jeffrey.
(b) Jimmy.
(c) Bobby.
(d) Billy.

13. Tolentino recalls her friend insisting that Tolentino had to play which Power Ranger in their game?
(a) Pink.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

14. In Tolentino's discussions of Facebook, she asserts that Mark Zuckerberg "controls a" (169) what?
(a) Hemisphere.
(b) Nation-state.
(c) Country.
(d) Population.

15. What term does Tolentino use to describe the salaries of college faculty in America during the twenty-first century?
(a) Falling.
(b) Stagnant.
(c) Soaring.
(d) Rising.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Tolentino use to describe the size of the congregation at her childhood church?

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

3. What level of school was Tolentino attending when she began to feel "twinges of guilt" (134) after each church service?

4. What was the last name of the woman who wrote The Second Sex, the book discussed by Tolentino in the essay "Pure Heroines"?

5. What is the first name of the writer with the last name Arendt, whose work is referenced within "Pure Heroines"?

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