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

2. How does Tolentino define her cultural identity?
(a) Filipino-American.
(b) African-American.
(c) Indian.
(d) Chinese-American.

3. The building featured in The Bell Jar was patterned after which real building?
(a) The Ritz.
(b) The Bramford.
(c) The Duchess.
(d) The Barbizon.

4. Which religion did Tolentino's family follow during her childhood?
(a) Islam.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Christianity.

5. Tolentino states that if one were to view womanhood entirely through the lens of literature, adolescence would look like what?
(a) Anger.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Bitterness.
(d) Sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Tolentino use in the essay "Ecstasy" to refer to the church she attended throughout childhood and part of adolescence?

2. In Tolentino's discussions of Facebook, she asserts that Mark Zuckerberg "controls a" (169) what?

3. Videos of what sorry excuse for food went viral in connection with the Fyre Festival?

4. In what month of the year was the disastrous Fyre Festival held?

5. When the article "A Rape on Campus" was published, for how many years had Erdely been out of college?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what types of evidence does Tolentino point after she states, "Something likely happened to Jackie on September 28, 2012" (203)?

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

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

4. Describe an instance in "We Come from Old Virginia" when Tolentino depicts her younger self as a product of a patriarchal society.

5. 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)?

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

7. Who is Esther Greenwood?

8. What underlying reasons does Tolentino point to when she discusses scam culture and its takeover of the online landscape?

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

10. What does Tolentino mean when she asserts that Mark Zuckerberg "controls a nation-state" (169)?

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