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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which cast member revealed to Tolentino that they were gay but closeted at the time of filming?
(a) Paris.
(b) Cory.
(c) Demian.
(d) Rachel.

3. Tolentino says that which two decades of the internet's existence were marked by gatherings of people in open forums?
(a) The 70s and 80s.
(b) The 80s and 90s.
(c) The 00s and 10s.
(d) The 90s and 00s.

4. What is the name of the restaurant that Tolentino discusses in "Always Be Optimizing"?
(a) Vitality Bowls.
(b) Veggie Delight.
(c) Sweetgreen.
(d) Greenways.

5. How does Tolentino describe the new organizing principle that came to envelop most online interactions in a particular year?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Opposition.
(c) Money.
(d) Hatred.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many thousands of dollars did the winning team of Boys Vs. Girls win?

3. Tolentino points out the way in which tweets do not allow for the inclusion of what types of experiences?

4. Tolentino notes that the third problematic trait of the internet is that it distends what types of feelings?

5. How old was Tolentino when she joined the Peace Corps?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main setting featured within the essay entitled "Reality TV Me"?

2. How does Tolentino characterize her adolescent self and for what purpose?

3. What does the bioluminescent bay symbolize in the essay entitled "Reality TV Me"?

4. How does Tolentino contrast her real feelings about taking part in Girls vs. Boys: Puerto Rico with the impression she gave her family?

5. What end product does Tolentino name as the consistent result of trying to become better at being a woman or "of learning to get better at life under accelerated capitalism" (65)?

6. What is the symbolism of the exclamation points Tolentino uses within the essay entitled "The I in Internet"?

7. What is the source of the essay collection's title, Trick Mirror, according to Tolentino?

8. In what way does Tolentino present the theme of hypocrisy within the essay entitled "Reality TV Me"?

9. What psychological effect of the current incarnation of the world wide web does Tolentino find most dangerous and why?

10. What is Tolentino's ultimate conclusion about the future of the internet and why?

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