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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 written on the sign Smith first describes in “A Provocation in the Park”?
(a) Backpackers welcome.
(b) Talk to Me.
(c) Free Hugs.
(d) Ask me why I’m here.

2. At the end of “A Hovering Young Man,” Smith insists that style is all that young people have and says that this style has been what?
(a) Radically interrupted.
(b) Meticulously perfected.
(c) Manipulated.
(d) Drastically changed.

3. After the man with the sign sent the email to the university they scrambled to figure out the motivation behind it so as to do what properly?
(a) Contact his family.
(b) Meet him in person.
(c) Determine the repercussions.
(d) Respond to his email.

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

5. What song does Smith reflect on how the lyrics would change if it were written for a man?
(a) I Am Woman.
(b) Just Like A Woman.
(c) Girls Just Want To Have Fun.
(d) (You Make Me Feel) Like a Natural Woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What image of “bored children” at home does Smith use in “The American Exception”?

2. In what city is Smith in in her story, “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop”?

3. What type of person does Smith say has created some of the most powerful art she has seen?

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

5. Smith describes the young man at the start of “A Hovering Young Man” as a typical what?

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