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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. Videos of what sorry excuse for food went viral in connection with the Fyre Festival?
3. What was the first name of McFarland, the 25-year-old man who created the Fyre Festival?
4. What kind of debt overtook second place within the last decade, surpassing car debt?
5. Tolentino states that if one were to view womanhood entirely through the lens of literature, adolescence would look like what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the "'Dear Colleague' letter" (200) that Tolentino discusses in the essay "We Come from Old Virginia"?
2. What is the symbolism of the Amazon building Tolentino discusses in the essay entitled "Pure Heroines"?
3. What underlying reasons does Tolentino point to when she discusses scam culture and its takeover of the online landscape?
4. In what way did an incident with her friend Allison change the way Tolentino viewed herself?
5. How and why does Tolentino bring in the work of Simone de Beauvoir in the essay entitled "Pure Heroines"?
6. Explain how Tolentino contrasts her journalism skills in 2011 with her journalism skills in 2020.
7. What distinction does Tolentino make between the depiction of trauma in children's literature and the depiction of trauma in adult literature?
8. What connection does Tolentino draw between her religious upbringing and her interest in ecstasy?
9. Who is Esther Greenwood?
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
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 messages are being sent about racial tensions in America in the collection Trick Mirror and what actions does Tolentino hope to provoke within the text’s audience?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Tolentino’s collection Trick Mirror. What message is Tolentino sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?
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