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

2. Whose quote about style does Smith say she always uses for her classes?
(a) Sontag.
(b) Silver.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Moshfegh.

3. What is the name of the homeless man Smith sees I at the ATM in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
(a) Myron.
(b) Marvin.
(c) Milton.
(d) Mack.

4. Which actor is in the director’s chair talking to Jesus in the meme someone sent Smith at the start of the pandemic?
(a) Michael Douglass.
(b) Burt Reynolds.
(c) Tom Hanks.
(d) Mel Gibson.

5. What former British Prime Minister does Smith reference at the end of “The American Exception”?
(a) Margaret Thatcher.
(b) Neville Chamberlain.
(c) Winston Churchill.
(d) Tony Blair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of Barbara’s habits in “A Woman with a Little Dog”?

2. In the conversation Smith overhears at a Subway shop, the two women discuss seeing a baby holding what item?

3. Which famous New Yorker does Smith reference in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule” for refusing to leave New York?

4. What offer do Smith and her husband accept from a friend when the pandemic begins?

5. What event has triggered Smith and her husband to leave New York City in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?

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