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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 what year was the disastrous Fyre Festival held?
(a) 2017.
(b) 2014.
(c) 2015.
(d) 2012.
2. What term does Tolentino use to describe the salaries of college faculty in America during the twenty-first century?
(a) Soaring.
(b) Stagnant.
(c) Falling.
(d) Rising.
3. What kind of debt does Tolentino characterize as a "generation-defining scam" (188)?
(a) Credit card.
(b) Timeshare.
(c) Student.
(d) Homeowner.
4. What kind of debt had until recently been carried by the greatest number of Americans?
(a) Credit card.
(b) Student.
(c) Car.
(d) Homeowner.
5. What drug does Tolentino claim can be useful to one's emotional health if used sparingly?
(a) Ecstasy.
(b) Melatonin.
(c) St. John's Wort.
(d) Cocaine.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many people did Tolentino's church seat, according to her account?
2. How does Tolentino define her cultural identity?
3. In what year were the first members of the millennial generation born?
4. In what location was the Fyre Festival held?
5. Who wrote the novel that features a protagonist named Esther Greenwood?
Short Essay Questions
1. What connection does Tolentino draw between her religious upbringing and her interest in ecstasy?
2. What dark side does Tolentino discuss in relation to effervescent and young female characters in fiction?
3. To what types of evidence does Tolentino point after she states, "Something likely happened to Jackie on September 28, 2012" (203)?
4. For what reason did Tolentino end up attending the University of Virginia, though she had "applied mostly to schools in New England and California" (196)?
5. Which of the seven scams discussed in the essay "The Story of a Generation of Seven Scams" does Tolentino consider the most egregious example and why?
6. For what reason does Tolentino characterize student debt in America as a "generation-defining scam" (167)?
7. Describe an instance in "We Come from Old Virginia" when Tolentino depicts her younger self as a product of a patriarchal society.
8. Discuss Tolentino's reason for discussing at length Sylvia Plath's novel The Bell Jar in the essay entitled "Pure Heroines."
9. What is the symbolism of the Amazon building Tolentino discusses in the essay entitled "Pure Heroines"?
10. On which generation does the essay "The Story of a Generation of Seven Scams" focus?
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