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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 is the first name of the reporter whose last name is Erdely and who wrote the article called "A Rape on Campus"?
(a) Sophia.
(b) Sabrina.
(c) Taylor.
(d) Annie.

2. Tolentino states that if one were to view womanhood entirely through the lens of literature, adulthood would look like what?
(a) Anger.
(b) Bitterness.
(c) Resignation.
(d) Depression.

3. Which person in Tolentino's life suggested that she apply to the University of Virginia?
(a) Her guidance counselor.
(b) Her doctor.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

4. How many people in the world are wealthier than Mark Zuckerberg, according to Tolentino?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

5. In Tolentino's discussions of Facebook, she asserts that Mark Zuckerberg "controls a" (169) what?
(a) Nation-state.
(b) Country.
(c) Hemisphere.
(d) Population.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the final group of millennials born, according to Tolentino?

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

3. In which American city did Tolentino grow up?

4. On which generation does the essay "The Story of a Generation of Seven Scams" focus?

5. Which of Tolentino's actions the night she was drugged prevented her from being raped?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. Explain how Tolentino contrasts her journalism skills in 2011 with her journalism skills in 2020.

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

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

9. Why does Tolentino use the term "Repentagon" (130) in association with her childhood church?

10. 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)?

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