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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. What is NOT one of the three "nightmarish metaphorical structures" (16) Tolentino says the internet added to the existing structures of stage and audience?
(a) Echo.
(b) Anvil.
(c) Mirror.
(d) Panopticon.

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

3. Which disease did Tolentino contract during her stint in the Peace Corps?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Cholera.

4. How many camera from the reality television show filmed the events at the bioluminescent bay?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 0.
(d) 6.

5. The fourth problematic trait of the internet, according to Tolentino, is its tendency to diffuse our understanding of what element of life?
(a) Dread.
(b) Solidarity.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Sympathy.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Tolentino name as the most problematic trait of the internet?

3. To which television show does Tolentino allude toward the end of the essay entitled "Always Be Optimizing"?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What symbolism does Tolentino highlight within an Instagram profile in the essay "Always Be Optimizing"?

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

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

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

7. What criteria does Tolentino use in order to characterize 2012 as a major turning point in relation to the internet?

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

9. 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)?

10. To what work is the title of "Always Be Optimizing" referring and what is the significance of the allusion within the essay?

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