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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. 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) Tom Hanks.
(c) Mel Gibson.
(d) Michael Douglass.

2. Smith says that she rarely gets manicures because she can not do what at the same time?
(a) Read.
(b) Talk on the phone.
(c) Scroll through facebook.
(d) Write.

3. What does Smith liken Trump’s speech to after coming to her senses after the first part of his speech?
(a) Snake oil.
(b) Rotten apples.
(c) Poison.
(d) White lies.

4. What does Smith say we were in a “long, involved cultural conversation” about prior to the pandemic?
(a) Privilege.
(b) Free public universities.
(c) Gender inequality.
(d) Universal Healthcare.

5. Why is Smith getting cash at the start of “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
(a) She and her husband are leaving the city and want to have cash on them.
(b) She does not like credit cards.
(c) The restaurant she ordered from does not take credit card.
(d) Credit card machines across the city are down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of person does Smith say has created some of the most powerful art she has seen?

2. In “A Man With Strong Hands,” Smith’s masseur tells her that she never does what while getting a massage?

3. Which writer does Smith quote in her essay “Something to Do”?

4. What is the name of the second short essay of “Screengrabs”?

5. What is the setting at the start of “Peonies”?

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