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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. Which insect does Tolentino use to characterize early users of the internet?
(a) Firefly.
(b) Aphed.
(c) Butterfly.
(d) Moth.

2. Tolentino states in "Always Be Optimizing" that perhaps we need to learn from which figure?
(a) The cyborg.
(b) The mummy.
(c) The jester.
(d) The sleuth.

3. Which word does Tolentino NOT use to describe particular elements of the internet before a major turning point changed their effects?
(a) Rewarding.
(b) Curious.
(c) Surprising.
(d) Vindicating.

4. Tolentino notes that the third problematic trait of the internet is that it distends what types of feelings?
(a) Existential.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Adversarial.
(d) Empathetic.

5. Tolentino asserts that the internet tends to minimize the need for what type of action?
(a) Physical.
(b) Efficient.
(c) Impulsive.
(d) Meaningful.

Short Answer 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?

2. What was NOT an element about which Tolentino was excited when her family got a new computer during spring break?

3. Tolentino states that her illness during her stint in the Peace Corps taught her not to take what kind of body for granted?

4. The fourth problematic trait of the internet, according to Tolentino, is its tendency to diffuse our understanding of what element of life?

5. What kind of bird was Nigel, the bird whose story went viral when he died protecting a concrete statue of another bird?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What element does Tolentino characterize as "capitalism's last natural resource" (11) in the essay entitled "The I in Internet"?

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

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

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

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

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