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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Something To Do” .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Education.
(b) Social security.
(c) The Postal system.
(d) Healthcare.

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?
(a) Bartenders.
(b) Doctors.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Essential Workers.

4. In “Something to Do,” Smith says that without love life can seem what?
(a) Comical.
(b) Tragic.
(c) Dark and depressing.
(d) Empty and endless.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Smith refers to the space of time that artists usually occupy as a “charming but useless” what?

3. What type of person does Smith say has created some of the most powerful art she has seen?

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

5. What “obsession” (6) does Smith liken to her resistance to nature as a youth, an obsessions she says many writers share?

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