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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While looking on at the garden, Smith thinks of a quote by Nabokov regarding his inspiration for which novel?
(a) Lolita.
(b) Laura.
(c) Mary.
(d) Glory.

2. Nabokov said the inspiration for his novel came from an article about an ape that drew what?
(a) His captors.
(b) His own cage.
(c) Bananas.
(d) His self-portrait.

3. What is the term Smith says reflects her resistance to the nature of her gender?
(a) Internalized misandry.
(b) Internalized misanthropy.
(c) Externalized misogyny.
(d) Internalized misogyny.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of the essay “Peonies”?

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

3. What does Smith say has “rarely been random” in America in her essay “The American Exception”?

4. In “The American Exception,” Smith says that the poorer countries Trump condemned did not have the foresight to be what?

5. Smith says that despite America’s feelings of being untouchable, as the pandemic progressed, what did America appear to lead the world in?

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