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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “A Provocation in the Park,” what types of crimes does Smith say she has trouble deciphering the nuances of?
(a) Misdemeanors.
(b) Theft.
(c) Hate crimes.
(d) Arson.

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

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

4. What part of New York is Smith surprised to find empty in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
(a) Central Park.
(b) Broadway.
(c) Rockefeller Center.
(d) Times Square.

5. After the man with the sign sent the email to the university they scrambled to figure out the motivation behind it so as to do what properly?
(a) Determine the repercussions.
(b) Respond to his email.
(c) Contact his family.
(d) Meet him in person.

6. The quote Smith shares with her class about style states that style is a means of what?
(a) Expressing love.
(b) Insisting on something.
(c) Finding your tribe.
(d) Meeting people.

7. What does Smith say can be thought of as a virus due to the way it spreads in “Post-Script: Contempt as a Virus”?
(a) Love.
(b) COVID-19.
(c) Contempt.
(d) Good deeds.

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

9. What does Smith say she has at times been annoyed with, but is happy Cy is connected to?
(a) Families.
(b) Communities.
(c) Institutions.
(d) Hoverboards.

10. How do Smith and her mother communicate during the pandemic lockdown?
(a) Video conference.
(b) Text.
(c) Phone calls.
(d) Letter writing.

11. What is Smith exiting when approached by an unfamiliar woman in “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop”?
(a) An airplane.
(b) A taxi.
(c) A bus.
(d) Her limousine.

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Smith say taught her “practical morality”?

2. Smith always worried that she would not do well in an apocalypse because she lacks what?

3. 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?

4. In “A Hovering Young Man,” Smith says that her students have long been suspicious of the “infinite promise of” (56) what?

5. The man holding the sign in Washington Square Park emailed the university telling them about his condition, which he called?

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