1. What song does Smith reflect on how the lyrics would change if it were written for a man?
(a) Just Like A Woman.
(b) Girls Just Want To Have Fun.
(c) (You Make Me Feel) Like a Natural Woman.
(d) I Am Woman.

2. Who were the few people, according to Smith, who did not have to “seek out something to do” during the pandemic?
(a) Painters.
(b) Gamers.
(c) Writers.
(d) Essential workers.

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

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

5. 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) "Unimportant countries."
(c) "Shithole countries."
(d) "Lowlife countries."

Short Answer Questions

1. Despite a pandemic’s ability to discriminate, says Smith, the structure of American hierarchy meant that which groups experience higher death rates?

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

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

4. What does Smith say a man can bend to his will?

5. What does Smith say has “rarely been random” in America in her essay “The American Exception”?

(see the answer key)

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