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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. How many essays in total are collected within the book Trick Mirror?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.
2. Tolentino asserts that the first problematic quality of the internet is that it is built with the intention of taking what action in relation to our identities?
(a) Reshaping.
(b) Obscuring.
(c) Polishing.
(d) Eradicating.
3. What is the name of the bioluminescent bay discussed in the essay "Reality TV Me"?
(a) Mosquito.
(b) Culebra.
(c) Bahama.
(d) Coral.
4. Around which group of people are movements such as #MeToo and #TimesUp organized?
(a) Women of color.
(b) Victims of domestic violence.
(c) Women.
(d) Sex offenders.
5. Which insect does Tolentino use to characterize early users of the internet?
(a) Firefly.
(b) Butterfly.
(c) Aphed.
(d) Moth.
Short Answer Questions
1. Tolentino asserts that what element of society "always determines the shape of politics and culture" (10)?
2. Which word does Tolentino NOT use to describe particular elements of the internet before a major turning point changed their effects?
3. Tolentino notes that the third problematic trait of the internet is that it distends what types of feelings?
4. Tolentino states that she finished writing Trick Mirror in which season of 2018?
5. Tolentino states in "Always Be Optimizing" that perhaps we need to learn from which figure?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Jess, the person featured in the essay entitled "Reality TV Me"?
2. What criteria does Tolentino use in order to characterize 2012 as a major turning point in relation to the internet?
3. Discuss an instance in the introduction when Tolentino uses a metaphor to illustrate a particular point.
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. To what work is the title of "Always Be Optimizing" referring and what is the significance of the allusion within the essay?
6. What does the bioluminescent bay symbolize in the essay entitled "Reality TV Me"?
7. What is Tolentino's ultimate conclusion about the future of the internet and why?
8. Name a piece of evidence Tolentino uses to support her claims about the misogynistic qualities of the now-defunct online community called 4Chan.
9. What psychological effect of the current incarnation of the world wide web does Tolentino find most dangerous and why?
10. What is the significance of Jess's comments about Cory's homosexuality in the essay "Reality TV Me"?
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