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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. How does Tolentino define her cultural identity?

2. What is the first of the several major events discussed within the essay "The Story of a Generation of Seven Scams"?

3. Videos of what sorry excuse for food went viral in connection with the Fyre Festival?

4. Tolentino writes that on Sundays, her church "looked like a" (130) what?

5. What was the name of the friend who insisted that Tolentino had to play a particular color of Power Ranger?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. On which generation does the essay "The Story of a Generation of Seven Scams" focus?

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

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

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

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

7. What is the main claim being made within the essay entitled "Pure Heroines" and how do you know?

8. What was the "'Dear Colleague' letter" (200) that Tolentino discusses in the essay "We Come from Old Virginia"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Tolentino's messages about motherhood and wifedom within the text Trick Mirror.

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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