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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 end of “The American Exception,” what did Smith say states were forced to bid on during the pandemic?
(a) Personal Protective Equipment.
(b) Laptops.
(c) Textbooks.
(d) Houses.

2. What is the title of the third short essay in “Screengrabs”?
(a) My Favorite Neighbor.
(b) A Woman with a Little Dog.
(c) A Man with Strong Hands.
(d) Barbara and Beck.

3. What two things does Smith say share in common their ability to distort one’s vision?
(a) Privilege and disease.
(b) Suffering and starvation.
(c) Suffering and Endurance.
(d) Privilege and suffering.

4. What is the topic of conversation Smith overhears between two woman at a Subway shop in “Suffering Like Mel Gibson”?
(a) Feminism.
(b) Technology and children.
(c) Higher Education.
(d) The economy.

5. In the conversation Smith overhears at a Subway shop, the two women discuss seeing a baby holding what item?
(a) His mother’s keys.
(b) An iPhone.
(c) A harmonica.
(d) An iPad.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the pandemic, Smith says we must modify our new knowledge of privilege to involve what new category?

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

3. In suffering like Mel Gibson, Smith says that prior to the pandemic people were learning about the link between privilege and what?

4. In “The American Exception,” Smith says that Americans attacked death as a series of what?

5. What is the name of the elderly woman's dog referenced in “A Woman with a Little Dog”?

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