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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did people “thank God for” (16) after the pandemic when, Smith says, they were not seen as worthy of a $15/ hour minimum wage prior to the pandemic?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Bartenders.
(c) Essential Workers.
(d) Teachers.

2. What “obsession” (6) does Smith liken to her resistance to nature as a youth, an obsessions she says many writers share?
(a) Control.
(b) Order.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Materialism.

3. Though private interests play a role in the lives of many Americans, what private interest does Smith say should not be one of them?
(a) Social security.
(b) The Postal system.
(c) Healthcare.
(d) Education.

4. What name does Smith say would better suit the writing department in which she works at the University in “Peonies”?
(a) The Mind Control Department.
(b) The Controlling Experience Department.
(c) The Controlling Educator Department.
(d) The Experiential Experience Department.

5. What term does Smith reference in “The American Exception” which Trump used in reference to other countries he saw as inferior?
(a) "Lowlife countries."
(b) "Crappy countries."
(c) "Unimportant countries."
(d) "Shithole countries."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What example does Smith use in “Peonies” as a time when submitting might be better than resisting?

3. In “The American Exception,” Smith says that Americans attacked death as a series of what?

4. In what city does Smith live at the start of “Peonies”?

5. Who does Smith say are patronized by people of all ages?

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