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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 was the name of the friend who insisted that Tolentino had to play a particular color of Power Ranger?
(a) Allison.
(b) Megan.
(c) Maddie.
(d) Sarah.

2. Which action taken by a particular hero is considered evidence by Tolentino that he has come to certain realizations?
(a) Crying.
(b) Singing.
(c) Screaming.
(d) Collapsing.

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

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

5. On which generation does the essay "The Story of a Generation of Seven Scams" focus?
(a) Baby Boomers.
(b) Generation Y.
(c) Generation X.
(d) Millennials.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first name of the woman who accused members of the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi of rape?

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

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

4. While Tolentino was still in college, Liz Seccuro brought charges against a group of men she accused of committing what crime?

5. How many people did Tolentino's church seat, according to her account?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Esther Greenwood?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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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