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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. In suffering like Mel Gibson, Smith says that prior to the pandemic people were learning about the link between privilege and what?
(a) Class.
(b) Gender.
(c) Race.
(d) Intersectionality.

2. What former British Prime Minister does Smith reference at the end of “The American Exception”?
(a) Winston Churchill.
(b) Tony Blair.
(c) Margaret Thatcher.
(d) Neville Chamberlain.

3. What does Smith say has “rarely been random” in America in her essay “The American Exception”?
(a) COVID-19 cases.
(b) COVID-19 recoveries.
(c) Presidential nominations.
(d) Untimely death.

4. In “Suffering Like Mel Gibson” Smith says that class can alter what?
(a) Your level of empathy.
(b) The number of cars you own.
(c) Your conception of reality.
(d) Your taste in clothes.

5. In “Suffering Like Mel Gibson,” Smith says that suffering “is not relative; it is” (34) what?
(a) A waste of time.
(b) Necessary.
(c) Absolute.
(d) Imaginary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of person does Smith describe as being shuffled “from one isolation to another and back again” (30)?

2. What image of “bored children” at home does Smith use in “The American Exception”?

3. Which president’s speech does Smith cite at the start of “The American Exception”?

4. What is the name of the fourth short essay in “Screengrabs”?

5. What does Smith say she has at times been annoyed with, but is happy Cy is connected to?

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