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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 is the title of the second essay in Zadie’s Smith’s collection, Intimations?
(a) Intimations.
(b) Peonies.
(c) The American Exception.
(d) Screengrabs.

2. What is written on the sign Smith first describes in “A Provocation in the Park”?
(a) Free Hugs.
(b) Backpackers welcome.
(c) Talk to Me.
(d) Ask me why I’m here.

3. What is one of the social issues Smith said that pandemic forced many to have to face in her essay “Something to Do”?
(a) Bad marriages.
(b) Unloving parents.
(c) Lack of sick leave.
(d) Low minimum wage.

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

5. What is the name of the fifth short essay in “Screengrabs”?
(a) An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop.
(b) Accosted By A Stranger.
(c) My Mother’s Friend.
(d) A Strange Lady in London.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What date was the speech Smith references at the start of “The American Exception”?

3. What is the name of Smith’s masseur in “A Man with Strong Hands”?

4. What does Smith say we were in a “long, involved cultural conversation” about prior to the pandemic?

5. What is the setting at the start of “Peonies”?

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