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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. In what year was the disastrous Fyre Festival held?
2. Who wrote the novel that features a protagonist named Esther Greenwood?
3. In which magazine was the article called "A Rape on Campus," written by Erdely, published?
4. Tolentino states in "Pure Heroines" that if one were to view womanhood entirely through the lens of literature, childhood would look like what?
5. Tolentino worries that Zuckerberg has the power to take what action in relation to elections?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Tolentino mean when she asserts that Mark Zuckerberg "controls a nation-state" (169)?
2. Explain how Tolentino contrasts her journalism skills in 2011 with her journalism skills in 2020.
3. What underlying reasons does Tolentino point to when she discusses scam culture and its takeover of the online landscape?
4. Which of the seven scams discussed in the essay "The Story of a Generation of Seven Scams" does Tolentino consider the most egregious example and why?
5. Analyze Tolentino's reason for using an allusion to Ulysses in the essay entitled "Pure Heroines."
6. What is the symbolism of the Amazon building Tolentino discusses in the essay entitled "Pure Heroines"?
7. Discuss Tolentino's reason for discussing at length Sylvia Plath's novel The Bell Jar in the essay entitled "Pure Heroines."
8. Who is Billy McFarland?
9. What distinction does Tolentino make between the depiction of trauma in children's literature and the depiction of trauma in adult literature?
10. How and why does Tolentino bring in the work of Simone de Beauvoir in the essay entitled "Pure Heroines"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What message does Tolentino send within the pages of Trick Mirror concerning the link between privilege and delusion?
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
Discuss how and why Tolentino instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Trick Mirror.
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