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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The day Smith looked at the peonies in the Jefferson Market Garden was just a few days before what Smith refers to as what?
(a) The Global Submission.
(b) The Global Fumbling.
(c) The Worldwide Humbling.
(d) The Global Humbling.

2. Who taught Smith “to have one layer of skin less than the others, and therefore to feel it all” (92)?
(a) Zulfi.
(b) Carol.
(c) Pablo.
(d) Zora Neal Hurston.

3. At the end of “A Hovering Young Man,” Smith says that the “enviable style of the young is little protection against” (56) what?
(a) Catastrophe.
(b) Aging.
(c) Fraud.
(d) A Pandemic.

4. What type of person does Smith say has created some of the most powerful art she has seen?
(a) People who constantly strive for perfection.
(b) People who endlessly engage with their subjects.
(c) People who feel completely alone in the world.
(d) People who have no contact with the outside world.

5. The moment Smith realized that she had misunderstood the conversation between the women in the Subway shop was the moment Smith says she became aware of her what?
(a) Privilege.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Hearing problems.
(d) Nosiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In “A Man With Strong Hands,” Smith’s masseur tells her that she never does what while getting a massage?

2. Smith says that if the people of England are listened to, it is solely for what purpose?

3. What does Smith’s Masseur call her in “A Man With Strong Hands”?

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

5. What is the title of the first short essay in “Screengrabs”?

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