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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What example does Smith use in “Peonies” as a time when submitting might be better than resisting?
(a) Disease.
(b) Torture.
(c) Peer pressure.
(d) When your alarm clock goes off.

2. As Smith stares into the garden of peonies near two other women her age, Smiths comments of what “gaudy symbol,” the flowers represent, “in the middle of a barren concrete metropolis” (3)?
(a) Holiness.
(b) Fertility.
(c) Opportunity.
(d) Sadness.

3. What event has triggered Smith and her husband to leave New York City in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
(a) World War.
(b) Global pandemic.
(c) They lost their jobs.
(d) Civil unrest.

4. To whom does Smith say she owes the lesson of compassion?
(a) Lorraine Hansberry.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother.

5. Which president’s speech does Smith cite at the start of “The American Exception”?
(a) Joe Biden.
(b) Bill Clinton.
(c) Donald Trump.
(d) Barack Obama.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject does Smith hear Myron discussing loudly at the end of “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?

2. Where are Smith and husband planing to fly to as soon as they are able in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?

3. Who does Smith credit for “delirium, delight, youth, sunshine, love letters, love songs” (92)?

4. What is the name of the fourth short essay in “Screengrabs”?

5. Myron accuses people of believing everything they hear on the news and not being about to do what for themselves?

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