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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. After the pandemic, Smith says we must modify our new knowledge of privilege to involve what new category?
(a) Suffering.
(b) Excessive screen time.
(c) Isolation.
(d) Vaccination.

2. At the start of “Suffering Like Mel Gibson,” which type of person does Smith say dreamed of an “isolation within isolation” (29) at the start of the pandemic?
(a) Roommates.
(b) Grandparents.
(c) Dating couples.
(d) Married couples with children.

3. In “Something to Do,” Smith says that without love life can seem what?
(a) Dark and depressing.
(b) Comical.
(c) Empty and endless.
(d) Tragic.

4. What type of person does Smith say has created some of the most powerful art she has seen?
(a) People who constantly strive for perfection.
(b) People who feel completely alone in the world.
(c) People who have no contact with the outside world.
(d) People who endlessly engage with their subjects.

5. What is one thing Smith says that wealthy people would not do if suffering were relative?
(a) Work.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Buy so many things.
(d) Seek therapy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What purported purpose of art does Smith say is usually overstated in her essay “Something to Do”?

2. What does Smith liken Trump’s speech to after coming to her senses after the first part of his speech?

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

4. What does Smith say she believed to be the “cage of her circumstance” (3) when she was younger?

5. What does Smith say in “Suffering Like Mel Gibson” was the only relief people quarantining together had from one another?

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