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

2. What is the title of the second essay in Zadie’s Smith’s collection, Intimations?
(a) The American Exception.
(b) Intimations.
(c) Peonies.
(d) Screengrabs.

3. What image of “bored children” at home does Smith use in “The American Exception”?
(a) Climbing the walls.
(b) Twiddling their thumbs.
(c) Crying from boredom.
(d) Staring zombie like at a screen.

4. Smith says that despite America’s feelings of being untouchable, as the pandemic progressed, what did America appear to lead the world in?
(a) Unity.
(b) Vaccines.
(c) False positives.
(d) Deaths.

5. What term does Smith reference in “The American Exception” which Trump used in reference to other countries he saw as inferior?
(a) "Crappy countries."
(b) "Lowlife countries."
(c) "Unimportant countries."
(d) "Shithole countries."

Short Answer Questions

1. Smith says that if you were to ask Barbara what she might be doing on a particular holiday, what is one possible answer she might give?

2. In “Suffering Like Mel Gibson” Smith discusses an article she read about a 17-year-old who committed suicide during the pandemic for what reason?

3. What does Smith say we had before the pandemic instead of death?

4. The moment Smith realized that she had misunderstood the conversation between the women in the Subway shop was the moment Smith says she became aware of her what?

5. In “The American Exception,” Smith says that nobody in 1945 wanted to go back to 1939 unless it was to do what?

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