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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Smith say taught her “practical morality”?
(a) Darryl.
(b) Mags.
(c) Daisy.
(d) Carol.

2. What subject does Smith hear Myron discussing loudly at the end of “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
(a) The craziness of white folks.
(b) How empty NYC is.
(c) Fran Lebowitz’s article.
(d) COVID-19 conspiracy theories.

3. Though Barbara is older, Smith says she is like many women in the city who do not get old in what “traditional” (48) way?
(a) Feminine.
(b) Scientific.
(c) Boring.
(d) Elderly.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The quote Smith shares with her class about style states that style is a means of what?

2. What part of herself does Smith end her collection saying has never been tested “until now” (97)?

3. What is the title of the third short essay in “Screengrabs”?

4. Who taught Smith “how to love...give...[and] grow up” (93)?

5. Though Smith typically walks by sign holders in the park, what sign intrigues her in “A Provocation in the Park”?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are Smith and her husband going while they wait to fly to London?

2. Why does Smith say, despite her issues with institutions, that she is glad Cy is connected to one?

3. How does Smith describe the way enslavers looked upon the Blacks they kidnapped and brought over on slave ships 400 years ago?

4. What does Smith find interesting about the way in which the man with the sign projects his hate?

5. Who does Smith see in the ATM vestibule and what is her relationship with him?

6. What does Smith consider might be the reasons for the sign that read “I am a self-hating Asian. Let’s talk!” (66).

7. How does Smith describe the concept of British “class contempt” (74) in “Post-script: Contempt as a Virus”?

8. What does the man with the sign say in his email to the entire university community?

9. Why is Smith going to the ATM in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?

10. Why does Smith rarely get manicures and never get pedicures?

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