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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. Smith thinks of the quote she shares with her class about style one day when Cy comes near her on his what?
(a) Skateboard.
(b) Roller skates.
(c) Hoverboard.
(d) Motorcycle.

2. What is the name of the fourth short essay in “Screengrabs”?
(a) Youthful Exuberance.
(b) Hoverboards and Youth.
(c) A Hovering Young Man.
(d) Cy the IT guy.

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

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

5. In “A Hovering Young Man,” Smith says that her students have long been suspicious of the “infinite promise of” (56) what?
(a) Higher Education.
(b) The American dream.
(c) Material wealth.
(d) American youth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Smith describes the young man at the start of “A Hovering Young Man” as a typical what?

3. What is the title of the fourth essay is Zadie Smith’s collection Intimations?

4. Though the “bubble” of privilege can be penetrated, what bubble does Smith say cannot be penetrated?

5. Though private interests play a role in the lives of many Americans, what private interest does Smith say should not be one of them?

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