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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Suffering Like Mel Gibson” .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Smith say she believed to be the “cage of her circumstance” (3) when she was younger?
(a) Her race.
(b) Her sexual orientation.
(c) Her class.
(d) Her gender.

3. What does Smith say in “Suffering Like Mel Gibson” was the only relief people quarantining together had from one another?
(a) Pretending to go to the bathroom.
(b) Pretending to be asleep.
(c) The computer screen.
(d) Hiding in a closet.

4. In “The American Exception,” Smith says that Americans attacked death as a series of what?
(a) Mysteries.
(b) Bad decisions.
(c) Unfortunate events.
(d) Discrete problems.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of person does Smith describe as being shuffled “from one isolation to another and back again” (30)?

2. After the pandemic, Smith says we must modify our new knowledge of privilege to involve what new category?

3. Which actor is in the director’s chair talking to Jesus in the meme someone sent Smith at the start of the pandemic?

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

5. What is the topic of conversation Smith overhears between two woman at a Subway shop in “Suffering Like Mel Gibson”?

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