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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Intimations” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Trump say we did not have prior to the pandemic, which Smith agrees?
(a) Disease.
(b) Death.
(c) Quarantines.
(d) Pandemics.

2. What are some of the topics Smith and her mother discuss during the pandemic lockdown?
(a) PPE, family, and gardening.
(b) TV shows and movies.
(c) Housekeeping and books.
(d) Online teaching and cooking.

3. The day Smith looked at the peonies in the Jefferson Market Garden was just a few days before what Smith refers to as what?
(a) The Global Humbling.
(b) The Global Fumbling.
(c) The Worldwide Humbling.
(d) The Global Submission.

4. How does Smith inform other people about the intriguing sign she saw in the park?
(a) She posts the text from the sign on Facebook.
(b) She posts a picture of the sign holder on Instagram.
(c) She texts some friends.
(d) She tells her colleagues when she gets to school.

5. What is the name of the second short essay of “Screengrabs”?
(a) A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule.
(b) Shuttered Banks.
(c) Pandemic at the ATM.
(d) Meeting Myron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Smith call the particular form of contempt she sees from Dominic?

2. Nabokov said the inspiration for his novel came from an article about an ape that drew what?

3. What is one of Barbara’s habits in “A Woman with a Little Dog”?

4. Who does Smith say taught her “to be never finished thinking” (93)?

5. What is the title of the fourth essay is Zadie Smith’s collection Intimations?

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