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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. Smith thinks that one reason Americans cannot fathom plagues is because they do not discriminate based on what?
(a) Zip code.
(b) Gender.
(c) Skin color.
(d) Wealth.

2. What flowers does Smith wish she was looking at instead of peonies?
(a) Daffodils.
(b) Roses.
(c) Tulips.
(d) Lupines.

3. Who is the author of the essay “Peonies”?
(a) Zora Smith.
(b) Zinnia Smith.
(c) Zadie Smith.
(d) Zelda Smith.

4. What image of “bored children” at home does Smith use in “The American Exception”?
(a) Staring zombie like at a screen.
(b) Twiddling their thumbs.
(c) Crying from boredom.
(d) Climbing the walls.

5. What part of New York is Smith surprised to find empty in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
(a) Broadway.
(b) Central Park.
(c) Times Square.
(d) Rockefeller Center.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which president’s speech does Smith cite at the start of “The American Exception”?

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

4. What name does Smith say would better suit the writing department in which she works at the University in “Peonies”?

5. What are some of the topics Smith and her mother discuss during the pandemic lockdown?

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