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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. “Truly laboring people,” Smith says, have to adhere to this, to which an artist does not have to adhere?
(a) A time clock.
(b) Traffic patterns.
(c) A bus schedule.
(d) A boss’s whim.

2. In “A Man With Strong Hands,” Smith’s masseur tells her that she never does what while getting a massage?
(a) Listens.
(b) Reads.
(c) Relaxes.
(d) Talks.

3. What does Smith say the link to long life in America is?
(a) Good luck.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Healthy eating habits.
(d) Money.

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

5. Where is Smith’s friend’s cottage, which they are heading to in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Utah.
(c) Vermont.
(d) Kerhonkson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Smith say a man can bend to his will?

3. What does Smith say writers often write about at some point in their careers at the start of “Something to Do”?

4. What does Smith say is the truest, most obvious reason why people write or make art?

5. 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?

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