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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. Which type of person does Smith describe as being shuffled “from one isolation to another and back again” (30)?
(a) Cheating spouses.
(b) Essential workers.
(c) Children of divorced parents.
(d) Doctors.

2. What do Smith and Ben complain they have to do during the many public school days off?
(a) Scramble for childcare.
(b) Read to their kids.
(c) Hang out with their kids.
(d) Bring their kids to work.

3. Which type of person does Smith say was overjoyed with the new free time at the start of the pandemic?
(a) Artists with children.
(b) Artists without children.
(c) People living alone in city apartments.
(d) Children of artists.

4. What is the topic of conversation Smith overhears between two woman at a Subway shop in “Suffering Like Mel Gibson”?
(a) Feminism.
(b) Technology and children.
(c) The economy.
(d) Higher Education.

5. What is the name of the homeless man Smith sees I at the ATM in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
(a) Marvin.
(b) Milton.
(c) Mack.
(d) Myron.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of New York does “A Provocation in the Park” begin?

2. Smith says that if the people of England are listened to, it is solely for what purpose?

3. Though Smith typically walks by sign holders in the park, what sign intrigues her in “A Provocation in the Park”?

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

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

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