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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. Where is Smith at the beginning of “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
(a) A taxi.
(b) A diner.
(c) Her home.
(d) An ATM.

2. What does Smith say writers often write about at some point in their careers at the start of “Something to Do”?
(a) Why they write.
(b) How to write.
(c) The health benefits of writing.
(d) Writer’s block.

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

4. Which president’s speech does Smith cite at the start of “The American Exception”?
(a) Barack Obama.
(b) Bill Clinton.
(c) Donald Trump.
(d) Joe Biden.

5. Which philosopher does Smith cite when discussing the difference between the thinker and his real life?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Kierkagaard.
(d) Plato.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who were the few people, according to Smith, who did not have to “seek out something to do” during the pandemic?

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

5. What former British Prime Minister does Smith reference at the end of “The American Exception”?

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