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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the third short essay in “Screengrabs”?
(a) A Man with Strong Hands.
(b) A Woman with a Little Dog.
(c) Barbara and Beck.
(d) My Favorite Neighbor.

2. What is the one “indulgence” (38) Smith says that she gets regularly in “A Man With Strong Hands”?
(a) Full body massage.
(b) Swedish massage.
(c) Chair massage.
(d) Hot stone massage.

3. Who does Smith credit for “delirium, delight, youth, sunshine, love letters, love songs” (92)?
(a) Ben.
(b) Mags.
(c) Her children.
(d) Nick.

4. What type of self-hate does Smith say is a sign of mental illness?
(a) Disproportionate.
(b) Passionate.
(c) Body type.
(d) Ethno-Racial.

5. What are some of the topics Smith and her mother discuss during the pandemic lockdown?
(a) TV shows and movies.
(b) Housekeeping and books.
(c) PPE, family, and gardening.
(d) Online teaching and cooking.

6. Despite Barbara insisting her dog is well-behaved, Smith says the dog does what to everyone who walks by?
(a) Tries to bite.
(b) Growls at.
(c) Jump on.
(d) Chases.

7. What offer do Smith and her husband accept from a friend when the pandemic begins?
(a) To let the friend house sit while they leave.
(b) To stay in the friends cottage.
(c) To quarantine together.
(d) To buy a house in the suburbs together.

8. What “undeserved” thing does Smith say certain titles give to a crime?
(a) News stories.
(b) Scrutiny.
(c) An aura of power.
(d) Attention.

9. What is one thing Smith and Ben have in common?
(a) They have flexible schedules.
(b) They are writers.
(c) They are parents.
(d) They work at nail salons.

10. Smith always worried that she would not do well in an apocalypse because she lacks what?
(a) Fear.
(b) Common sense.
(c) Survival instincts and a will to survive.
(d) Money.

11. What is the title of the final story in Zadie Smith’s Collection “Intimations”?
(a) A Thank You List.
(b) Acknowledgements.
(c) Intimations: People I Owe.
(d) Intimations: Debts and Lessons.

12. What does the woman at the bus stop tell Smith she wants her doctor to do about her health issue in question?
(a) Slow it down.
(b) Ease the symptoms.
(c) Bring it on.
(d) Make it stop.

13. What is the name of the fifth short essay in “Screengrabs”?
(a) An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop.
(b) My Mother’s Friend.
(c) A Strange Lady in London.
(d) Accosted By A Stranger.

14. At the end of “A Hovering Young Man,” Smith insists that style is all that young people have and says that this style has been what?
(a) Manipulated.
(b) Meticulously perfected.
(c) Radically interrupted.
(d) Drastically changed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Smith have printed on a T-shirt when she first moved to NYC?

2. When someone is holding a Free Hugs sign, Smith says the hugs are not free. What is one of the services Smith says the sign holder might be selling?

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

4. What does the woman call Smith, which makes her realize she must know her?

5. Whose quote about style does Smith say she always uses for her classes?

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