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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Tolentino notes that the third problematic trait of the internet is that it distends what types of feelings?
2. Tolentino and her family were spending the day at what location when she tried out for the television show?
3. Jess performed what role within the reality television series Boys Vs. Girls?
4. Tolentino states in the essay "The I in Internet" that what product "has become capitalism's last natural resource" (11) as a result of the internet?
5. Tolentino asserts that the internet tends to minimize the need for what type of action?
Short Essay Questions
1. What end product does Tolentino name as the consistent result of trying to become better at being a woman or "of learning to get better at life under accelerated capitalism" (65)?
2. How does Tolentino describe the connection between each essay's topic and her own life?
3. How does Tolentino contrast her real feelings about taking part in Girls vs. Boys: Puerto Rico with the impression she gave her family?
4. What is the significance of Jess's comments about Cory's homosexuality in the essay "Reality TV Me"?
5. In what way is Tolentino uniquely positioned to assess the trajectory of the internet, as she does in the essay "The I in Internet"?
6. Discuss an instance in the introduction when Tolentino uses a metaphor to illustrate a particular point.
7. To what work is the title of "Always Be Optimizing" referring and what is the significance of the allusion within the essay?
8. Name a piece of evidence Tolentino uses to support her claims about the misogynistic qualities of the now-defunct online community called 4Chan.
9. What does Tolentino mean when she states that "the ideal woman is always optimizing" (63)?
10. How many essays are contained within Trick Mirror and around what theme do they all revolve?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine the effects of stress on the collection's discussed people and the coping methods each main subject uses to deal with emotional turmoil. Which people’s methods are effective, which are ineffective, and how do these varying levels of efficiency affect the messages sent within Tolentino’s book Trick Mirror?
Essay Topic 2
What is the central purpose of the work Trick Mirror? What response do you think Tolentino wants from the text’s audience? How does each essay work in concert with the others in order to support Tolentino’s purpose?
Essay Topic 3
Examine Tolentino’s use of characterization methods to portray herself within the narrative. What effects do these characterization methods have on the themes and messages inherent in Trick Mirror?
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