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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. What is the name of the homeless man Smith sees I at the ATM in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
(a) Myron.
(b) Marvin.
(c) Mack.
(d) Milton.

2. Which actor is in the director’s chair talking to Jesus in the meme someone sent Smith at the start of the pandemic?
(a) Burt Reynolds.
(b) Mel Gibson.
(c) Tom Hanks.
(d) Michael Douglass.

3. What is the title of the fourth essay is Zadie Smith’s collection Intimations?
(a) Suffering like Jesus.
(b) Suffering like Mel Gibson.
(c) A Conversation with Jesus.
(d) A Conversation between Jesus and Mel Gibson.

4. 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) Education.
(d) The Postal system.

5. What is different about Jesus versus the actor speaking to him in the meme Smith saw during the pandemic?
(a) He is kneeling.
(b) He is on a cross.
(c) He is soaked in blood.
(d) He is praying.

Short Answer Questions

1. What date was the speech Smith references at the start of “The American Exception”?

2. What does Smith say she believed to be the “cage of her circumstance” (3) when she was younger?

3. What is the name of Smith’s masseur in “A Man with Strong Hands”?

4. Where is Smith’s friend’s cottage, which they are heading to in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?

5. What does Smith say in “Suffering Like Mel Gibson” was the only relief people quarantining together had from one another?

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