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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 does Smith say writers often write about at some point in their careers at the start of “Something to Do”?
2. Smith says that despite America’s feelings of being untouchable, as the pandemic progressed, what did America appear to lead the world in?
3. What “obsession” (6) does Smith liken to her resistance to nature as a youth, an obsessions she says many writers share?
4. What is the term Smith says reflects her resistance to the nature of her gender?
5. What example does Smith use in “Peonies” as a time when submitting might be better than resisting?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What are some of the various types of loneliness Smith describes people felt at the start of the lockdown in “Suffering Like Mel Gibson”?
3. What does Smith say is the only relief people in lockdown have from one another?
4. What is Smith doing at the very start of “Peonies’?
5. What does Smith say about what disaster demands at the start of “The American Exception”?
6. What does Smith compare the way in which she packs her free time to at the start of “Peonies’?
7. Describe the meme Smith references in “Suffering Like Mel Gibson.”
8. Describe the article Smith references in “Suffering Like Mel Gibson” about a 17-year-old during lockdown.
9. What does Smith say the country had begun to learn or discuss in regards to privilege prior to the virus?
10. In what ways does Smith say she tried to resist what she felt was the cage of her gender when she was younger?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring the significance of the title of Smith’s short essay “The American Exception.” Use direct examples from the text to support your analysis.
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
Smith experiences personal changes throughout the collection. In what ways does Smith change and in what ways does she remain the same? How do these changes develop the themes of Intimations?
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