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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 does Smith say writers often write about at some point in their careers at the start of “Something to Do”?
(a) Why they write.
(b) How to write.
(c) The health benefits of writing.
(d) Writer’s block.

2. In “The American Exception,” Smith says that nobody in 1945 wanted to go back to 1939 unless it was to do what?
(a) Vote for a different leader.
(b) Change the course of history.
(c) Resurrect the dead.
(d) Be younger.

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

4. What does Smith say we had before the pandemic instead of death?
(a) Universal healthcare.
(b) Immortality.
(c) Casualties and victims.
(d) The flu.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the social issues Smith said that pandemic forced many to have to face in her essay “Something to Do”?

2. Who is the author of the essay “Peonies”?

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

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

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

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