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

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

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

4. At the start of the essay entitled "Ecstasy," Tolentino recalls that the church of her childhood had trees of what variety on its property?

5. The colleges to which Tolentino applied were mostly in New England and in which state?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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)?

3. Who is Billy McFarland?

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

5. What does Tolentino mean when she asserts that Mark Zuckerberg "controls a nation-state" (169)?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What message is Tolentino sending regarding the source of human flaws and unhappiness?

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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