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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 Zuckerberg controls what kinds of definitions for Facebook users?

2. How many people did Tolentino's church seat, according to her account?

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. Tolentino had recently moved to which city at the time "A Rape on Campus" was published?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Tolentino’s use of characterization methods to portray herself within the narrative. What effects do these characterization methods have on the themes and messages inherent in Trick Mirror?

Essay Topic 2

How is the theme of courage treated within Trick Mirror and how does its treatment relate to the collection's depicted messages?

Essay Topic 3

Tolentino begins the text with a quote from a Sylvia Plath poem. Explain how this poem excerpt relates to the text and how it reflects the text’s themes.

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