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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. What is different about the nail salon Smith describes in “A Man with Strong Hands” compared to others in her area?
(a) It is smaller.
(b) It is closed.
(c) It is open 24/7.
(d) It is larger.

2. What is the title of the first short essay in “Screengrabs”?
(a) Ben.
(b) A Writer’s Life.
(c) A Man with Strong Hands.
(d) My Masseuse.

3. What does Smith say a man can bend to his will?
(a) Rules.
(b) Religion.
(c) Nature.
(d) Steel pipes.

4. What event has triggered Smith and her husband to leave New York City in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
(a) Civil unrest.
(b) World War.
(c) They lost their jobs.
(d) Global pandemic.

5. Smith says that despite America’s feelings of being untouchable, as the pandemic progressed, what did America appear to lead the world in?
(a) False positives.
(b) Deaths.
(c) Unity.
(d) Vaccines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the one “indulgence” (38) Smith says that she gets regularly in “A Man With Strong Hands”?

2. What is the term Smith says reflects her resistance to the nature of her gender?

3. What former British Prime Minister does Smith reference at the end of “The American Exception”?

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

5. What is the name of the homeless man Smith sees I at the ATM in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?

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