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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Children of artists.
(c) People living alone in city apartments.
(d) Artists without children.

2. How do Smith and her mother communicate during the pandemic lockdown?
(a) Letter writing.
(b) Video conference.
(c) Text.
(d) Phone calls.

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

4. What is Smith exiting when approached by an unfamiliar woman in “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop”?
(a) Her limousine.
(b) A taxi.
(c) A bus.
(d) An airplane.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Smith getting cash at the start of “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?

3. In “The American Exception,” Smith says that nobody in 1945 wanted to go back to 1939 unless it was to do what?

4. What song does Smith reflect on how the lyrics would change if it were written for a man?

5. Which writer does Smith quote in her essay “Something to Do”?

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