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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Despite a pandemic’s ability to discriminate, says Smith, the structure of American hierarchy meant that which groups experience higher death rates?
(a) Asians and Latinos.
(b) Whites and Asians.
(c) Blacks and whites.
(d) Blacks and Latinos.

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

4. 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 Worldwide Humbling.
(b) The Global Fumbling.
(c) The Global Submission.
(d) The Global Humbling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In “The American Exception,” Smith says that the poorer countries Trump condemned did not have the foresight to be what?

2. At which point does Smith say a man submits to nature?

3. Smith thinks that one reason Americans cannot fathom plagues is because they do not discriminate based on what?

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

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

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