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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. Jess performed what role within the reality television series Boys Vs. Girls?

2. The Angelfire subpage Tolentino discusses in the text is titled, "The Story of How Jia Got" (7) what?

3. How many camera from the reality television show filmed the events at the bioluminescent bay?

4. Tolentino asserts that what element of society "always determines the shape of politics and culture" (10)?

5. Tolentino states that whenever she visits Sweetgreen, she generally eats her lunch in under how many minutes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What element does Tolentino characterize as "capitalism's last natural resource" (11) in the essay entitled "The I in Internet"?

2. What is the main setting featured within the essay entitled "Reality TV Me"?

3. Who is Jess, the person featured in the essay entitled "Reality TV Me"?

4. In what way is Tolentino uniquely positioned to assess the trajectory of the internet, as she does in the essay "The I in Internet"?

5. 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)?

6. What criteria does Tolentino use in order to characterize 2012 as a major turning point in relation to the internet?

7. Name a piece of evidence Tolentino uses to support her claims about the misogynistic qualities of the now-defunct online community called 4Chan.

8. In what way does Tolentino present the theme of hypocrisy within the essay entitled "Reality TV Me"?

9. What symbolism does Tolentino highlight within an Instagram profile in the essay "Always Be Optimizing"?

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

How does Tolentino employ the use or rejection of fallacy within Trick Mirror and how does the inclusion of fallacy help Tolentino to prove particular points made within the text?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how and why Tolentino instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Trick Mirror.

Essay Topic 3

What is Tolentino's message regarding the difference between awareness and activism and how does Tolentino get this message across to the reader?

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