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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 states that her illness during her stint in the Peace Corps taught her not to take what kind of body for granted?
(a) Muscular.
(b) Active.
(c) Functional.
(d) Lithe.

2. 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.

3. At ten, Tolentino admonished her younger self for looking at which kinds of sites during her first sessions online?
(a) Pogo-balls.
(b) Beanie Babies.
(c) Furbies.
(d) Tomagatchis.

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

5. What celestial body does Tolentino use in a metaphorical description of America within the introduction?
(a) Black hole.
(b) Galaxy.
(c) Mars.
(d) Supernova.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What year does Tolentino name as a turning point for the internet's transition to a new organizing principle?

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

4. Jess performed what role within the reality television series Boys Vs. Girls?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss an instance in the introduction when Tolentino uses a metaphor to illustrate a particular point.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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