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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. Though the “bubble” of privilege can be penetrated, what bubble does Smith say cannot be penetrated?
(a) Suffering.
(b) Inadequate education.
(c) Self-hate.
(d) Isolation.

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

3. What is one of the ways in which Smith said she had tried to resist her own nature?
(a) By dying her gray hair.
(b) By speaking with a fake accent.
(c) By wearing fake nails.
(d) By not keeping track of her menstrual cycles.

4. In “Suffering Like Mel Gibson” Smith says that class can alter what?
(a) Your taste in clothes.
(b) Your level of empathy.
(c) Your conception of reality.
(d) The number of cars you own.

5. In the conversation Smith overhears at a Subway shop, Smith learns that the two women conversing are more appalled by what factor, than that the child is too young for technology?
(a) That the mother tried to take away the iPad.
(b) That the iPad was not the latest version.
(c) That the baby was unhappy even though he had an iPad.
(d) That the baby held such an expensive item.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What term does Smith reference in “The American Exception” which Trump used in reference to other countries he saw as inferior?

3. Smith refers to the space of time that artists usually occupy as a “charming but useless” what?

4. Which type of person does Smith say was overjoyed with the new free time at the start of the pandemic?

5. What two things does Smith say share in common their ability to distort one’s vision?

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