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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city does Smith live at the start of “Peonies”?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) New York.
(d) Los Angeles.

2. What flowers does Smith wish she was looking at instead of peonies?
(a) Lupines.
(b) Tulips.
(c) Daffodils.
(d) Roses.

3. What “undeserved” thing does Smith say certain titles give to a crime?
(a) Scrutiny.
(b) Attention.
(c) An aura of power.
(d) News stories.

4. What subject does Smith hear Myron discussing loudly at the end of “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
(a) Fran Lebowitz’s article.
(b) The craziness of white folks.
(c) How empty NYC is.
(d) COVID-19 conspiracy theories.

5. At the end of “A Hovering Young Man,” Smith insists that style is all that young people have and says that this style has been what?
(a) Manipulated.
(b) Radically interrupted.
(c) Drastically changed.
(d) Meticulously perfected.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Smith exiting when approached by an unfamiliar woman in “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop”?

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

3. The quote Smith shares with her class about style states that style is a means of what?

4. What two things does Smith say share in common their ability to distort one’s vision?

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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