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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 two things does Smith say share in common their ability to distort one’s vision?
2. Smith refers to the space of time that artists usually occupy as a “charming but useless” what?
3. Who does Smith say are patronized by people of all ages?
4. What does Smith say in “Suffering Like Mel Gibson” was the only relief people quarantining together had from one another?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Smith say it was hard for Americans to fathom a plague?
2. What does Smith compare the way in which she packs her free time to at the start of “Peonies’?
3. What does Smith say she does not need “a Freudian” to tell her regarding herself and the two other women her age staring at the tulips in Jefferson Market Garden?
4. What does Smith say that artists learned in regards to privacy and time at the start of “Suffering Like Mel Gibson”?
5. What does Smith say artists of all kinds are asked at some point in their lives?
6. In “The American Exception” Smith says that Americans attack death as what?
7. Describe the article Smith references in “Suffering Like Mel Gibson” about a 17-year-old during lockdown.
8. What are some of the various types of loneliness Smith describes people felt at the start of the lockdown in “Suffering Like Mel Gibson”?
9. Describe the meme Smith references in “Suffering Like Mel Gibson.”
10. How does Smith describe the space typically occupied by artists?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring the pandemic’s significance on each story in Intimations. Include how the pandemic affects the overall mood of the collection.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring what you learn about Smith’s character based on each of the stories in Intimations. What type of person is she? Consider race, class, occupations, interactions with others, and anything else you have gleaned about her from the stories. Use examples from several of the stories to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing Smith’s narrative style in the final essay, “Intimations: Debts and Lessons.” Explore her choice to write this piece in the form of a numbered list. What do you think her intentions or mood were at the time of writing? What are your overall thoughts on this style?
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