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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. Smith refers to the space of time that artists usually occupy as a “charming but useless” what?
(a) Playpen.
(b) Playground.
(c) Reality.
(d) Existence.

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

3. What is the topic of conversation Smith overhears between two woman at a Subway shop in “Suffering Like Mel Gibson”?
(a) Feminism.
(b) The economy.
(c) Technology and children.
(d) Higher Education.

4. At the end of “The American Exception,” what did Smith say states were forced to bid on during the pandemic?
(a) Houses.
(b) Textbooks.
(c) Laptops.
(d) Personal Protective Equipment.

5. Which writer does Smith quote in her essay “Something to Do”?
(a) Ottessa Moshe.
(b) Ottessa Moshfegh.
(c) Lottie Moshfegh.
(d) Odessa Mosher.

Short Answer Questions

1. The day Smith looked at the peonies in the Jefferson Market Garden was just a few days before what Smith refers to as what?

2. What type of self-hate does Smith say is a sign of mental illness?

3. What is the term Smith says reflects her resistance to the nature of her gender?

4. In “A Man With Strong Hands,” Smith’s masseur tells her that she never does what while getting a massage?

5. What is the name of Smith’s masseur in “A Man with Strong Hands”?

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