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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. Despite Barbara insisting her dog is well-behaved, Smith says the dog does what to everyone who walks by?
(a) Growls at.
(b) Chases.
(c) Jump on.
(d) Tries to bite.

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

3. What does Trump say we did not have prior to the pandemic, which Smith agrees?
(a) Quarantines.
(b) Pandemics.
(c) Disease.
(d) Death.

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

5. In “The American Exception,” Smith says that nobody in 1945 wanted to go back to 1939 unless it was to do what?
(a) Resurrect the dead.
(b) Vote for a different leader.
(c) Change the course of history.
(d) Be younger.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is something a professor has that Smith says an IT person does not have at the end of “A Hovering Young Man”?

3. In “The American Exception,” Smith says that the poorer countries Trump condemned did not have the foresight to be what?

4. Smith thinks that one reason Americans cannot fathom plagues is because they do not discriminate based on what?

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

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