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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 is one of the ways in which Smith said she had tried to resist her own nature?
(a) By not keeping track of her menstrual cycles.
(b) By wearing fake nails.
(c) By speaking with a fake accent.
(d) By dying her gray hair.

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) Writer’s block.
(d) The health benefits of writing.

3. Who did people “thank God for” (16) after the pandemic when, Smith says, they were not seen as worthy of a $15/ hour minimum wage prior to the pandemic?
(a) Bartenders.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Essential Workers.

4. Who does Smith say are patronized by people of all ages?
(a) Young men.
(b) Kids.
(c) Old men.
(d) Older women.

5. Who is the author of the essay “Peonies”?
(a) Zadie Smith.
(b) Zinnia Smith.
(c) Zelda Smith.
(d) Zora Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Smith says that despite America’s feelings of being untouchable, as the pandemic progressed, what did America appear to lead the world in?

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

3. What song does Smith reflect on how the lyrics would change if it were written for a man?

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

5. As Smith stares into the garden of peonies near two other women her age, Smiths comments of what “gaudy symbol,” the flowers represent, “in the middle of a barren concrete metropolis” (3)?

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