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

2. What was the first name of McFarland, the 25-year-old man who created the Fyre Festival?

3. Tolentino states in the essay "Ectasy" that she has spent how many years trying to undo her first 15 years of religious training?

4. What term does Tolentino use to describe the size of the congregation at her childhood church?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What connection does Tolentino draw between her religious upbringing and her interest in ecstasy?

6. Who is Esther Greenwood?

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

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

9. For what reason does Tolentino characterize student debt in America as a "generation-defining scam" (167)?

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

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 Tolentino's overall message about the American identity within the collection Trick Mirror and what types of evidence does she use to prove the claim?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Tolentino’s messages concerning the nature of personal satisfaction. Does the text indicate that it is dangerous or crucial? Choose one adjective and prove its validity using concrete details from the text.

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