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

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

3. What former British Prime Minister does Smith reference at the end of “The American Exception”?
(a) Margaret Thatcher.
(b) Winston Churchill.
(c) Tony Blair.
(d) Neville Chamberlain.

4. What does Smith say has “rarely been random” in America in her essay “The American Exception”?
(a) Untimely death.
(b) Presidential nominations.
(c) COVID-19 cases.
(d) COVID-19 recoveries.

5. What is the title of the second essay in Zadie’s Smith’s collection, Intimations?
(a) Screengrabs.
(b) The American Exception.
(c) Intimations.
(d) Peonies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What date was the speech Smith references at the start of “The American Exception”?

2. What name does Smith say would better suit the writing department in which she works at the University in “Peonies”?

3. 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?

4. Nabokov said the inspiration for his novel came from an article about an ape that drew what?

5. Which philosopher does Smith cite when discussing the difference between the thinker and his real life?

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