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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. Who were the few people, according to Smith, who did not have to “seek out something to do” during the pandemic?
(a) Gamers.
(b) Essential workers.
(c) Writers.
(d) Painters.

2. Which writer does Smith quote in her essay “Something to Do”?
(a) Lottie Moshfegh.
(b) Odessa Mosher.
(c) Ottessa Moshe.
(d) Ottessa Moshfegh.

3. What are the two subjects Smith says she and her masseur talk about while she gets a massage?
(a) Politics and sports.
(b) The weather and public school holidays.
(c) Literature and education.
(d) The weather and local news.

4. What is the setting at the start of “Peonies”?
(a) The Manhattan Garden.
(b) Jefferson Market Garden.
(c) The New York Botanical Gardens.
(d) The Brooklyn Gardens.

5. Smith always worried that she would not do well in an apocalypse because she lacks what?
(a) Survival instincts and a will to survive.
(b) Fear.
(c) Money.
(d) Common sense.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event has triggered Smith and her husband to leave New York City in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?

2. What does Smith say “demanded a new dawn” (11)?

3. What does Smith’s Masseur call her in “A Man With Strong Hands”?

4. Which president’s speech does Smith cite at the start of “The American Exception”?

5. What is different about the nail salon Smith describes in “A Man with Strong Hands” compared to others in her area?

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