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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While looking on at the garden, Smith thinks of a quote by Nabokov regarding his inspiration for which novel?
(a) Lolita.
(b) Glory.
(c) Mary.
(d) Laura.

2. What is the name of the story Smith wrote that includes the homeless man she sees at the ATM?
(a) "Homeless Men Who Sing."
(b) "Phones and ATMs."
(c) "My Friend Myron."
(d) "Words and Music."

3. What is the name of the fourth short essay in “Screengrabs”?
(a) Hoverboards and Youth.
(b) Youthful Exuberance.
(c) A Hovering Young Man.
(d) Cy the IT guy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Smith assume the nail salon she goes to must do a good business?

4. Smith compares the contempt on Dominc’s face during a press conference about the pandemic to the contempt of the American officer’s face while doing what?

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

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