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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Smith thinks that one reason Americans cannot fathom plagues is because they do not discriminate based on what?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Zip code.
(c) Skin color.
(d) Gender.

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

3. Nabokov said the inspiration for his novel came from an article about an ape that drew what?
(a) Bananas.
(b) His self-portrait.
(c) His captors.
(d) His own cage.

4. In what city does Smith live at the start of “Peonies”?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) New York.

5. What does Smith say we had before the pandemic instead of death?
(a) Universal healthcare.
(b) The flu.
(c) Casualties and victims.
(d) Immortality.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Which writer does Smith quote in her essay “Something to Do”?

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