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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) Presidential nominations.
(c) Untimely death.
(d) COVID-19 recoveries.

2. What does Smith say she believed to be the “cage of her circumstance” (3) when she was younger?
(a) Her sexual orientation.
(b) Her gender.
(c) Her class.
(d) Her race.

3. What does Smith say “demanded a new dawn” (11)?
(a) Americans.
(b) Disaster.
(c) Women.
(d) Night.

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

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)?
(a) Holiness.
(b) Fertility.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Opportunity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What date was the speech Smith references at the start of “The American Exception”?

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

4. Who does Smith say are patronized by people of all ages?

5. 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?

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