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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What example does Smith use in “Peonies” as a time when submitting might be better than resisting?
2. What does Smith say writers often write about at some point in their careers at the start of “Something to Do”?
3. What does Smith say is the truest, most obvious reason why people write or make art?
4. In “Suffering Like Mel Gibson,” Smith says that suffering “is not relative; it is” (34) what?
5. Which actor is in the director’s chair talking to Jesus in the meme someone sent Smith at the start of the pandemic?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of the various types of loneliness Smith describes people felt at the start of the lockdown in “Suffering Like Mel Gibson”?
2. What does Smith say the country had begun to learn or discuss in regards to privilege prior to the virus?
3. What does Smith compare the way in which she packs her free time to at the start of “Peonies’?
4. What does Smith say about love in “Something to Do”?
5. What are some of the “special words....lurking on the horizon” (4) for women her age that Smith describes in “Peonies”?
6. Describe the moment Smith realized her own privilege in a Subway shop.
7. Why does Smith say it was hard for Americans to fathom a plague?
8. What does Smith say was missing from the American concept of death in “The American Exception”?
9. What does Smith say artists of all kinds are asked at some point in their lives?
10. What does Smith say about what disaster demands at the start of “The American Exception”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring theme of privilege in Smith’s essay, “Suffering Like Mel Gibson.”
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the title of Smith’s essay “A Provocation in the Park.” In what ways does this title impact your reading of the essay? In what ways does this title reflect the theme or mood of the story? Use direct examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about the narrative tone and writing style in “Peonies.” Use examples from the text as evidence for your argument.
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