1. What is the name of the woman Smith mentions at the start of “A Woman with a Little Dog”?
(a) Babs.
(b) Deborah.
(c) Fran.
(d) Barbara.

2. Smith refers to the space of time that artists usually occupy as a “charming but useless” what?
(a) Playpen.
(b) Reality.
(c) Playground.
(d) Existence.

3. What is one of Barbara’s habits in “A Woman with a Little Dog”?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Nail biting.
(c) Swearing.
(d) Smoking.

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

5. What type of establishment is described at the start of “A Man with Strong Hands”?
(a) A pub.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A nail salon.
(d) A movie theater.

Short Answer Questions

1. The moment Smith realized that she had misunderstood the conversation between the women in the Subway shop was the moment Smith says she became aware of her what?

2. Which writer does Smith quote in her essay “Something to Do”?

3. What is something a professor has that Smith says an IT person does not have at the end of “A Hovering Young Man”?

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

5. What is one of the social issues Smith said that pandemic forced many to have to face in her essay “Something to Do”?

(see the answer key)

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