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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Smith say we had before the pandemic instead of death?
(a) The flu.
(b) Immortality.
(c) Universal healthcare.
(d) Casualties and victims.

2. What does Smith say she believes would probably happen to her on the first hour of the first day of the apocalypse?
(a) She would take a nap.
(b) She would have mapped out a survival plan.
(c) She would write a story about it.
(d) She would die.

3. What is one thing Smith says that wealthy people would not do if suffering were relative?
(a) Buy so many things.
(b) Seek therapy.
(c) Work.
(d) Commit suicide.

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. In “A Man with Strong Hands” Smith admits that for Ben a public school day off can cause chaos, but for her it is what?
(a) A day she and her kids get to sleep late.
(b) Quality time spent with her kids.
(c) A loss of income.
(d) An inconvenience.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Smith and her mother communicate during the pandemic lockdown?

2. 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?

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

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

5. What is the name of the elderly woman's dog referenced in “A Woman with a Little Dog”?

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