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

2. About how old is Barbra in “A Woman with a Little Dog”?
(a) 80.
(b) 35.
(c) 60.
(d) 70.

3. What is the name of the young man Smith describes in “A Hovering Young Man”?
(a) Ty.
(b) Cy.
(c) Cal.
(d) Clyde.

4. What did Barbara do when her dog died, according to Smith in “A Woman with a Little Dog”?
(a) Wept for weeks.
(b) Invited the neighbors to his funeral.
(c) Replaced him with an identical dog.
(d) Got a cat.

5. What does Smith say in “Suffering Like Mel Gibson” was the only relief people quarantining together had from one another?
(a) Hiding in a closet.
(b) Pretending to go to the bathroom.
(c) The computer screen.
(d) Pretending to be asleep.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the start of “Suffering Like Mel Gibson,” which type of person does Smith say dreamed of an “isolation within isolation” (29) at the start of the pandemic?

3. Which actor is in the director’s chair talking to Jesus in the meme someone sent Smith at the start of the pandemic?

4. What does Cy often tell Smith he can help her with at the library?

5. What does Smith say we were in a “long, involved cultural conversation” about prior to the pandemic?

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