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

2. In “The American Exception,” Smith says that the poorer countries Trump condemned did not have the foresight to be what?
(a) Sweden.
(b) America.
(c) Iceland.
(d) Europe.

3. What does Smith say has “rarely been random” in America in her essay “The American Exception”?
(a) COVID-19 cases.
(b) Presidential nominations.
(c) Untimely death.
(d) COVID-19 recoveries.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of the second essay in Zadie’s Smith’s collection, Intimations?

2. What does Smith say writers often write about at some point in their careers at the start of “Something to Do”?

3. How often does Smith get a massage at the nail salon?

4. How does Smith describe the clientele of the nail salon she frequents?

5. What “obsession” (6) does Smith liken to her resistance to nature as a youth, an obsessions she says many writers share?

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