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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Something To Do” .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In “Something to Do,” Smith says that without love life can seem what?
(a) Tragic.
(b) Comical.
(c) Empty and endless.
(d) Dark and depressing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What image of “bored children” at home does Smith use in “The American Exception”?

2. In “The American Exception,” Smith says that the poorer countries Trump condemned did not have the foresight to be what?

3. What flowers does Smith wish she was looking at instead of peonies?

4. What is the term Smith says reflects her resistance to the nature of her gender?

5. Which philosopher does Smith cite when discussing the difference between the thinker and his real life?

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