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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop,” “A Provocation in the Park,” “Post-script: Contempt as a Virus” .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. While looking on at the garden, Smith thinks of a quote by Nabokov regarding his inspiration for which novel?
(a) Lolita.
(b) Mary.
(c) Glory.
(d) Laura.

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

5. What does Smith say can be thought of as a virus due to the way it spreads in “Post-Script: Contempt as a Virus”?
(a) Contempt.
(b) COVID-19.
(c) Good deeds.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Smith say she believes would probably happen to her on the first hour of the first day of the apocalypse?

2. Smith says that if you were to ask Barbara what she might be doing on a particular holiday, what is one possible answer she might give?

3. At the end of “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop,” Smith says her mother told a story about someone who did what to his girlfriend during lockdown?

4. Which famous New Yorker does Smith reference in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule” for refusing to leave New York?

5. Smith describes the “Ideal, rent-controlled city dweller” who “creates community” without ever using what word?

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