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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “A Woman With a Little Dog,” “A Hovering Young Man”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Smith say the link to long life in America is?
(a) Healthy eating habits.
(b) Good luck.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Money.

2. At the end of “A Hovering Young Man,” Smith insists that style is all that young people have and says that this style has been what?
(a) Radically interrupted.
(b) Meticulously perfected.
(c) Manipulated.
(d) Drastically changed.

3. At the start of “A Hovering Young Man,” Smith describes someone who looks enough like her to be her what?
(a) Cousin.
(b) Brother.
(c) Sister.
(d) Father.

4. How does Barbara say they will get through this at the end of “A Woman with a Little Dog”?
(a) Together.
(b) By the grace of God.
(c) Alone.
(d) In Time.

5. The quote Smith shares with her class about style states that style is a means of what?
(a) Insisting on something.
(b) Meeting people.
(c) Expressing love.
(d) Finding your tribe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term does Smith reference in “The American Exception” which Trump used in reference to other countries he saw as inferior?

2. What is one of Barbara’s habits in “A Woman with a Little Dog”?

3. In “A Hovering Young Man,” Smith says that her students have long been suspicious of the “infinite promise of” (56) what?

4. What is the topic of conversation Smith overhears between two woman at a Subway shop in “Suffering Like Mel Gibson”?

5. What is the title of the fourth essay is Zadie Smith’s collection Intimations?

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