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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. In what city does Smith live at the start of “Peonies”?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

2. “Truly laboring people,” Smith says, have to adhere to this, to which an artist does not have to adhere?
(a) Traffic patterns.
(b) A boss’s whim.
(c) A time clock.
(d) A bus schedule.

3. Which famous New Yorker does Smith reference in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule” for refusing to leave New York?
(a) Fran Lebowitz.
(b) Fran Kranz.
(c) Francis McDermott.
(d) Fran Drescher.

4. Which type of person does Smith describe as being shuffled “from one isolation to another and back again” (30)?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Cheating spouses.
(c) Essential workers.
(d) Children of divorced parents.

5. Smith thinks that one reason Americans cannot fathom plagues is because they do not discriminate based on what?
(a) Skin color.
(b) Gender.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Zip code.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Smith say are patronized by people of all ages?

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

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

4. 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?

5. In “Something to Do,” Smith says that without love life can seem what?

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