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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “The American Exception,” Smith says that the poorer countries Trump condemned did not have the foresight to be what?
(a) Europe.
(b) Sweden.
(c) America.
(d) Iceland.

2. 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.

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

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

5. What example does Smith use in “Peonies” as a time when submitting might be better than resisting?
(a) When your alarm clock goes off.
(b) Peer pressure.
(c) Disease.
(d) Torture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Smith say the link to long life in America is?

2. What does Smith say writers often write about at some point in their careers at the start of “Something to Do”?

3. Which writer does Smith quote in her essay “Something to Do”?

4. What purported purpose of art does Smith say is usually overstated in her essay “Something to Do”?

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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