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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop,” “A Provocation in the Park,” “Post-script: Contempt as a Virus” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one “indulgence” (38) Smith says that she gets regularly in “A Man With Strong Hands”?
(a) Full body massage.
(b) Hot stone massage.
(c) Swedish massage.
(d) Chair massage.

2. What are the two subjects Smith says she and her masseur talk about while she gets a massage?
(a) Politics and sports.
(b) The weather and local news.
(c) Literature and education.
(d) The weather and public school holidays.

3. Who does Smith say represents England's form of the contempt virus?
(a) The Prime Minister.
(b) The Royal Family.
(c) The prime minister’s ideas man, Dominic.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.

4. What does Trump say we did not have prior to the pandemic, which Smith agrees?
(a) Quarantines.
(b) Death.
(c) Disease.
(d) Pandemics.

5. In “A Man With Strong Hands,” Smith’s masseur tells her that she never does what while getting a massage?
(a) Reads.
(b) Relaxes.
(c) Talks.
(d) Listens.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “The American Exception,” Smith says that the poorer countries Trump condemned did not have the foresight to be what?

2. How old is the woman who approached Smith at the bus stop?

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?

4. What is the name of the fifth short essay in “Screengrabs”?

5. In “Something to Do,” Smith says that without love life can seem what?

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