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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. In spring break of which year did Tolentino's family get a new computer for the family home?
(a) 1999.
(b) 2003.
(c) 2000.
(d) 2004.

2. How many dollars did Tolentino's father offer to give her if she tried out for the reality show?
(a) 50.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 10.

3. In which sport did Tolentino participated during her adolescence?
(a) Softball.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Cheer.

4. How many miles wide was the island on which the reality show was filmed?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 12.
(d) 2.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Tolentino says that which two decades of the internet's existence were marked by gatherings of people in open forums?

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

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

4. Tolentino states that the majority of women consider themselves to be what kind of thinkers?

5. How many essays in total are collected within the book Trick Mirror?

Short Essay Questions

1. Name a piece of evidence Tolentino uses to support her claims about the misogynistic qualities of the now-defunct online community called 4Chan.

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

3. What does Tolentino mean when she states that "the ideal woman is always optimizing" (63)?

4. In what way is Tolentino uniquely positioned to assess the trajectory of the internet, as she does in the essay "The I in Internet"?

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

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

7. What is the significance of Jess's comments about Cory's homosexuality in the essay "Reality TV Me"?

8. How many essays are contained within Trick Mirror and around what theme do they all revolve?

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

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

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