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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 says that despite America’s feelings of being untouchable, as the pandemic progressed, what did America appear to lead the world in?
(a) Deaths.
(b) Vaccines.
(c) Unity.
(d) False positives.

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

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

4. What type of person does Smith say has created some of the most powerful art she has seen?
(a) People who endlessly engage with their subjects.
(b) People who have no contact with the outside world.
(c) People who feel completely alone in the world.
(d) People who constantly strive for perfection.

5. What date was the speech Smith references at the start of “The American Exception”?
(a) 2020.
(b) 2018.
(c) 2019.
(d) 2021.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the author of the essay “Peonies”?

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

5. Though private interests play a role in the lives of many Americans, what private interest does Smith say should not be one of them?

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