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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 describes the “Ideal, rent-controlled city dweller” who “creates community” without ever using what word?
(a) Creation.
(b) Community.
(c) Swears.
(d) Neighborhood.

2. Though private interests play a role in the lives of many Americans, what private interest does Smith say should not be one of them?
(a) Education.
(b) The Postal system.
(c) Healthcare.
(d) Social security.

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

4. What does Smith say “demanded a new dawn” (11)?
(a) Americans.
(b) Disaster.
(c) Night.
(d) Women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In “A Hovering Young Man,” Smith says that her students have long been suspicious of the “infinite promise of” (56) what?

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

3. Smith says that if you were to ask Barbara what she might be doing on a particular holiday, what is one possible answer she might give?

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

5. What did Smith have printed on a T-shirt when she first moved to NYC?

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