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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) The Global Humbling.
(b) The Global Fumbling.
(c) The Global Submission.
(d) The Worldwide Humbling.

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

3. Who is the author of the essay “Peonies”?
(a) Zora Smith.
(b) Zelda Smith.
(c) Zinnia Smith.
(d) Zadie Smith.

4. Who does Smith say are patronized by people of all ages?
(a) Older women.
(b) Old men.
(c) Young men.
(d) Kids.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Smith liken Trump’s speech to after coming to her senses after the first part of his speech?

2. What does Smith say a man can bend to his will?

3. What is the title of the second essay in Zadie’s Smith’s collection, Intimations?

4. As Smith stares into the garden of peonies near two other women her age, Smiths comments of what “gaudy symbol,” the flowers represent, “in the middle of a barren concrete metropolis” (3)?

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

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