Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What song does Smith reflect on how the lyrics would change if it were written for a man?
2. In “Suffering Like Mel Gibson” Smith discusses an article she read about a 17-year-old who committed suicide during the pandemic for what reason?
3. In the conversation Smith overhears at a Subway shop, the two women discuss seeing a baby holding what item?
4. What does Smith say a man can bend to his will?
5. At the start of “Suffering Like Mel Gibson,” which type of person does Smith say dreamed of an “isolation within isolation” (29) at the start of the pandemic?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what way does Smith agree with Trump’s sentiment that prior to the pandemic “we had no death” (12)?
2. What does Smith says is the true reason writers write when most else is “stripped away” (20)?
3. What does Smith compare the way in which she packs her free time to at the start of “Peonies’?
4. What is Smith doing at the very start of “Peonies’?
5. What does Smith say artists of all kinds are asked at some point in their lives?
6. What does Smith say that artists learned in regards to privacy and time at the start of “Suffering Like Mel Gibson”?
7. What are some of the various types of loneliness Smith describes people felt at the start of the lockdown in “Suffering Like Mel Gibson”?
8. Describe the meme Smith references in “Suffering Like Mel Gibson.”
9. What are some of the “special words....lurking on the horizon” (4) for women her age that Smith describes in “Peonies”?
10. What does Smith say was missing from the American concept of death in “The American Exception”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the way in which Smith and her mother try to create some kind of normalcy during the pandemic lockdown in “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop.” How do they interact? What do they discuss? How is this attempt at normalcy possible or impossible?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay expounding on the theme of contempt in “Post-script: Contempt as a Virus.” Include the examples of both British and American forms of contempt Smith describes.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Smith’s relationship with Ben in “A Man with Strong Hands.” Include the role privilege plays in this essay.
|
This section contains 669 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
