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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Screengrabs,” “A Man with Strong Hands,” “A Character in a Wheelchair in a Vestibule.” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The moment Smith realized that she had misunderstood the conversation between the women in the Subway shop was the moment Smith says she became aware of her what?
(a) Isolation.
(b) Hearing problems.
(c) Nosiness.
(d) Privilege.

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) Healthcare.
(b) Social security.
(c) The Postal system.
(d) Education.

3. Despite a pandemic’s ability to discriminate, says Smith, the structure of American hierarchy meant that which groups experience higher death rates?
(a) Blacks and Latinos.
(b) Blacks and whites.
(c) Whites and Asians.
(d) Asians and Latinos.

4. What is the term Smith says reflects her resistance to the nature of her gender?
(a) Externalized misogyny.
(b) Internalized misogyny.
(c) Internalized misanthropy.
(d) Internalized misandry.

5. What is one of the social issues Smith said that pandemic forced many to have to face in her essay “Something to Do”?
(a) Low minimum wage.
(b) Lack of sick leave.
(c) Unloving parents.
(d) Bad marriages.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of “The American Exception,” what did Smith say states were forced to bid on during the pandemic?

2. In “Suffering Like Mel Gibson” Smith discusses an article she read about a 17-year-old who committed suicide during the pandemic for what reason?

3. What does Smith say has “rarely been random” in America in her essay “The American Exception”?

4. What does Smith say the link to long life in America is?

5. What does Smith say is the truest, most obvious reason why people write or make art?

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