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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Smith refers to the space of time that artists usually occupy as a “charming but useless” what?
(a) Existence.
(b) Reality.
(c) Playpen.
(d) Playground.

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

4. What does Smith say writers often write about at some point in their careers at the start of “Something to Do”?
(a) The health benefits of writing.
(b) Why they write.
(c) How to write.
(d) Writer’s block.

5. The day Smith looked at the peonies in the Jefferson Market Garden was just a few days before what Smith refers to as what?
(a) The Global Humbling.
(b) The Global Submission.
(c) The Worldwide Humbling.
(d) The Global Fumbling.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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