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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “The American Exception” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Smith say she believed to be the “cage of her circumstance” (3) when she was younger?
(a) Her race.
(b) Her gender.
(c) Her class.
(d) Her sexual orientation.

2. At which point does Smith say a man submits to nature?
(a) In private.
(b) At birth.
(c) In death.
(d) In old age.

3. Smith thinks that one reason Americans cannot fathom plagues is because they do not discriminate based on what?
(a) Gender.
(b) Skin color.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Zip code.

4. Which president’s speech does Smith cite at the start of “The American Exception”?
(a) Bill Clinton.
(b) Joe Biden.
(c) Donald Trump.
(d) Barack Obama.

5. Smith says that despite America’s feelings of being untouchable, as the pandemic progressed, what did America appear to lead the world in?
(a) False positives.
(b) Deaths.
(c) Vaccines.
(d) Unity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Smith say we had before the pandemic instead of death?

2. What is the setting at the start of “Peonies”?

3. What flowers does Smith wish she was looking at instead of peonies?

4. What term does Smith reference in “The American Exception” which Trump used in reference to other countries he saw as inferior?

5. What does Smith say the link to long life in America is?

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