View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “A Woman With a Little Dog,” “A Hovering Young Man”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Smith describes the “Ideal, rent-controlled city dweller” who “creates community” without ever using what word?
(a) Creation.
(b) Community.
(c) Neighborhood.
(d) Swears.

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

3. What did Barbara do when her dog died, according to Smith in “A Woman with a Little Dog”?
(a) Replaced him with an identical dog.
(b) Got a cat.
(c) Wept for weeks.
(d) Invited the neighbors to his funeral.

4. 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?
(a) Privilege.
(b) Hearing problems.
(c) Isolation.
(d) Nosiness.

5. 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) Married couples with children.
(b) Dating couples.
(c) Grandparents.
(d) Roommates.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the young man Smith describes in “A Hovering Young Man”?

2. Myron accuses people of believing everything they hear on the news and not being about to do what for themselves?

3. What song does Smith reflect on how the lyrics would change if it were written for a man?

4. Why does Smith assume the nail salon she goes to must do a good business?

5. Though the “bubble” of privilege can be penetrated, what bubble does Smith say cannot be penetrated?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 292 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample