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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 Dear Colleague letter created, as discussed in the essay "We Come from Old Virginia"?
(a) 2002.
(b) 1997.
(c) 2011.
(d) 1990.

2. What was the first name of McFarland, the 25-year-old man who created the Fyre Festival?
(a) Jeffrey.
(b) Bobby.
(c) Billy.
(d) Jimmy.

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

4. In what year was the disastrous Fyre Festival held?
(a) 2017.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2014.
(d) 2015.

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. Who wrote the novel that features a protagonist named Esther Greenwood?

2. What was the last name of the woman who wrote The Second Sex, the book discussed by Tolentino in the essay "Pure Heroines"?

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

4. Which emotion did Tolentino feel most strongly during the interaction about the Power Rangers?

5. Tolentino states that if one were to view womanhood entirely through the lens of literature, adulthood would look like what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What dark side does Tolentino discuss in relation to effervescent and young female characters in fiction?

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