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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 which American city did Tolentino grow up?
(a) San Antonio.
(b) Santa Fe.
(c) Phoenix.
(d) Houston.

2. What kind of debt overtook second place within the last decade, surpassing car debt?
(a) Homeowner.
(b) Credit card.
(c) Student.
(d) Credit card.

3. Which college offered Tolentino a full scholarship while she was deciding which college to attend?
(a) The University of Pennsylvania.
(b) The University of Virginia.
(c) The University of Florida.
(d) The University of Illinois.

4. Tolentino discusses a particular literary hero and his discovery of all but which of the following?
(a) Story.
(b) Self.
(c) Success.
(d) Identity.

5. At what age did Tolentino enter first grade?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first name of the writer with the last name Arendt, whose work is referenced within "Pure Heroines"?

2. In what year was Tolentino's childhood church founded, though she started attending in the mid-nineties?

3. The building featured in The Bell Jar was patterned after which real building?

4. Tolentino writes that on Sundays, her church "looked like a" (130) what?

5. What drug does Tolentino claim can be useful to one's emotional health if used sparingly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What connection does Tolentino draw between her religious upbringing and her interest in ecstasy?

2. Who is Billy McFarland?

3. Discuss Tolentino's reason for discussing at length Sylvia Plath's novel The Bell Jar in the essay entitled "Pure Heroines."

4. Why does Tolentino describe the Rolling Stone article "A Rape on Campus" as "now infamously, a graphic account of a gang rape at Phi Kappa Psi," (197) a fraternity at the University of Virginia?

5. What distinction does Tolentino make between the depiction of trauma in children's literature and the depiction of trauma in adult literature?

6. Who is Esther Greenwood?

7. What is the main claim being made within the essay entitled "Pure Heroines" and how do you know?

8. What was the "'Dear Colleague' letter" (200) that Tolentino discusses in the essay "We Come from Old Virginia"?

9. Describe an instance in one of the essays when Tolentino utilizes sensory details with a particular purpose in mind.

10. For what reason does Tolentino characterize student debt in America as a "generation-defining scam" (167)?

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