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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year was the disastrous Fyre Festival held?
(a) 2014.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2017.
(d) 2015.

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

4. Which college offered Tolentino a full scholarship while she was deciding which college to attend?
(a) The University of Virginia.
(b) The University of Illinois.
(c) The University of Pennsylvania.
(d) The University of Florida.

5. What kind of debt overtook second place within the last decade, surpassing car debt?
(a) Student.
(b) Credit card.
(c) Homeowner.
(d) Credit card.

6. In what year was Tolentino's childhood church founded, though she started attending in the mid-nineties?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1908.

7. What kind of debt does Tolentino characterize as a "generation-defining scam" (188)?
(a) Credit card.
(b) Homeowner.
(c) Timeshare.
(d) Student.

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

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

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

11. In what level of school was Tolentino when her friend insisted that she had to be a certain color of Power Ranger?
(a) Middle.
(b) High.
(c) Elementary.
(d) Kindergarten.

12. What drug does Tolentino claim can be useful to one's emotional health if used sparingly?
(a) Ecstasy.
(b) Melatonin.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) St. John's Wort.

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

14. Which of Tolentino's actions the night she was drugged prevented her from being raped?
(a) She kicked.
(b) She bit.
(c) She punched.
(d) She vomited.

15. What is the first name of the writer with the last name Arendt, whose work is referenced within "Pure Heroines"?
(a) Lisa.
(b) Hannah.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Sarah.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who was the President of the United States at the time the Dear Colleague letter was created?

5. What is the first name of the reporter whose last name is Erdely and who wrote the article called "A Rape on Campus"?

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