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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the sixth short essay in Smith’s “Screengrabs”?
(a) Panic in the Park.
(b) A Pandemic Provocation.
(c) Ethno-Racial Dysphoria.
(d) A Provocation in the Park.

2. After the pandemic, Smith says we must modify our new knowledge of privilege to involve what new category?
(a) Suffering.
(b) Excessive screen time.
(c) Isolation.
(d) Vaccination.

3. What is different about Jesus versus the actor speaking to him in the meme Smith saw during the pandemic?
(a) He is kneeling.
(b) He is on a cross.
(c) He is praying.
(d) He is soaked in blood.

4. Which famous New Yorker does Smith reference in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule” for refusing to leave New York?
(a) Fran Lebowitz.
(b) Fran Drescher.
(c) Fran Kranz.
(d) Francis McDermott.

5. What is the title of the first short essay in “Screengrabs”?
(a) Ben.
(b) A Writer’s Life.
(c) My Masseuse.
(d) A Man with Strong Hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flowers does Smith wish she was looking at instead of peonies?

2. Who taught Smith “to have one layer of skin less than the others, and therefore to feel it all” (92)?

3. Who does Smith say are patronized by people of all ages?

4. What is the name of the story Smith wrote that includes the homeless man she sees at the ATM?

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

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