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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 level of school was Tolentino attending when she began to feel "twinges of guilt" (134) after each church service?
(a) College.
(b) High school.
(c) Elementary school.
(d) Middle school.

2. Tolentino states in "Pure Heroines" that if one were to view womanhood entirely through the lens of literature, childhood would look like what?
(a) Fun.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Judgment.
(d) Power.

3. What is the name of Liz Seccuro's memoir about her experiences of surviving rape during her college years?
(a) March of the Ants.
(b) Crash into Me.
(c) Under the Table and Dreaming.
(d) March of the Pigs.

4. Tolentino states that Zuckerberg controls what kinds of definitions for Facebook users?
(a) Moral.
(b) Political.
(c) Philosophical.
(d) Social.

5. How many people did Tolentino's church seat, according to her account?
(a) 1,300.
(b) 400.
(c) 600.
(d) 800.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which person in Tolentino's life suggested that she apply to the University of Virginia?

2. Tolentino recalls her friend insisting that Tolentino had to play which Power Ranger in their game?

3. What fraction of the world uses Facebook on at least a monthly basis?

4. What kind of debt had until recently been carried by the greatest number of Americans?

5. Tolentino comments on Erdely's mistakes by stating that which kind of intentions "often produce blind spots" (208)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Billy McFarland?

2. 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)?

3. How and why does Tolentino bring in the work of Simone de Beauvoir in the essay entitled "Pure Heroines"?

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

5. What is the symbolism of the Amazon building Tolentino discusses in the essay entitled "Pure Heroines"?

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

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

8. 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?

9. Analyze Tolentino's reason for using an allusion to Ulysses in the essay entitled "Pure Heroines."

10. In what way did an incident with her friend Allison change the way Tolentino viewed herself?

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