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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. Jess performed what role within the reality television series Boys Vs. Girls?
(a) Producer.
(b) Director.
(c) Casting agent.
(d) Travel agent.

2. In which level of school was Tolentino when she was featured on a reality television series?
(a) College.
(b) High school.
(c) Middle school.
(d) Elementary school.

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

4. What is the name of the bioluminescent bay discussed in the essay "Reality TV Me"?
(a) Culebra.
(b) Coral.
(c) Mosquito.
(d) Bahama.

5. In which publication did a writer first use the chopped salad as a metaphor for the frenetic pace of life?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Chicago Tribune.
(c) The Awl.
(d) The Washington Post.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the cast member whom Tolentino describes as the outcast?

2. What is the name of the restaurant that Tolentino discusses in "Always Be Optimizing"?

3. Which disease did Tolentino contract during her stint in the Peace Corps?

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

5. At which politician was the fiasco called Pizzagate aimed prior to the 2016 United States presidential election?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Tolentino describe the connection between each essay's topic and her own life?

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

5. In what way is "the rise of barre" (74) unprecedented, according to Tolentino in the essay "Always Be Optimizing"?

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

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

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

9. What two traits does Tolentino consider crucial to any place on the internet that wants to qualify as a positive space?

10. Who is Jess, the person featured in the essay entitled "Reality TV Me"?

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