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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the conversation Smith overhears at a Subway shop, Smith learns that the two women conversing are more appalled by what factor, than that the child is too young for technology?
(a) That the mother tried to take away the iPad.
(b) That the baby held such an expensive item.
(c) That the iPad was not the latest version.
(d) That the baby was unhappy even though he had an iPad.

2. In what part of New York does “A Provocation in the Park” begin?
(a) Central Park.
(b) Washington Square Park.
(c) Times Square.
(d) Park Slope.

3. From whom does Smith say she learned a “readiness to admit failure and weakness” (85)?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Ben.

4. Despite a pandemic’s ability to discriminate, says Smith, the structure of American hierarchy meant that which groups experience higher death rates?
(a) Blacks and Latinos.
(b) Asians and Latinos.
(c) Blacks and whites.
(d) Whites and Asians.

5. What type of establishment is described at the start of “A Man with Strong Hands”?
(a) A movie theater.
(b) A nail salon.
(c) A pub.
(d) A restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What offer do Smith and her husband accept from a friend when the pandemic begins?

2. What is the title of the second essay in Zadie’s Smith’s collection, Intimations?

3. In the conversation Smith overhears at a Subway shop, the two women discuss seeing a baby holding what item?

4. Smith says that she rarely gets manicures because she can not do what at the same time?

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

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