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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 title of the fourth essay is Zadie Smith’s collection Intimations?
(a) Suffering like Mel Gibson.
(b) A Conversation with Jesus.
(c) A Conversation between Jesus and Mel Gibson.
(d) Suffering like Jesus.

2. How does Barbara say they will get through this at the end of “A Woman with a Little Dog”?
(a) Together.
(b) By the grace of God.
(c) Alone.
(d) In Time.

3. 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) Opportunity.
(b) Fertility.
(c) Holiness.
(d) Sadness.

4. In “A Provocation in the Park,” what types of crimes does Smith say she has trouble deciphering the nuances of?
(a) Theft.
(b) Arson.
(c) Misdemeanors.
(d) Hate crimes.

5. At the start of “A Hovering Young Man,” Smith describes someone who looks enough like her to be her what?
(a) Sister.
(b) Brother.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Smith say she believes would probably happen to her on the first hour of the first day of the apocalypse?

2. What is Smith exiting when approached by an unfamiliar woman in “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop”?

3. When someone is holding a Free Hugs sign, Smith says the hugs are not free. What is one of the services Smith says the sign holder might be selling?

4. At the end of “The American Exception,” what did Smith say states were forced to bid on during the pandemic?

5. What does the woman call Smith, which makes her realize she must know her?

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