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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which emotion did Tolentino feel most strongly during the interaction about the Power Rangers?
(a) Shame.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Anger.

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

4. Tolentino states that if one were to view womanhood entirely through the lens of literature, adolescence would look like what?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Bitterness.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Anger.

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

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

7. In which town is the University of Virginia located?
(a) Charlottesville.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Dover.
(d) Arlington.

8. Who was the President of the United States at the time the Dear Colleague letter was created?
(a) Bush, Sr.
(b) Obama.
(c) Bush, Jr.
(d) Clinton.

9. What term does Tolentino use in the essay "Ecstasy" to refer to the church she attended throughout childhood and part of adolescence?
(a) Revival.
(b) Jail.
(c) Guiltland.
(d) Repentagon.

10. 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) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 25.

11. Tolentino discusses at length the character of Esther Greenwood, the protagonist of which novel?
(a) Jane Eyre.
(b) The Awakening.
(c) The Catcher in the Rye.
(d) The Bell Jar.

12. Tolentino provides a long list of female literary protagonists who are victims of which crime?
(a) Rape.
(b) Burglary.
(c) Assault.
(d) Theft.

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

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

15. What is the name of Liz Seccuro's memoir about her experiences of surviving rape during her college years?
(a) March of the Ants.
(b) March of the Pigs.
(c) Crash into Me.
(d) Under the Table and Dreaming.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the first name of the woman who accused members of the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi of rape?

3. In what year was Tolentino's childhood church founded, though she started attending in the mid-nineties?

4. The building featured in The Bell Jar was patterned after which real building?

5. What kind of debt overtook second place within the last decade, surpassing car debt?

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