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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’s Masseur call her in “A Man With Strong Hands”?
2. What is the name of the young man Smith describes in “A Hovering Young Man”?
3. In “A Man With Strong Hands,” Smith’s masseur tells her that she never does what while getting a massage?
4. Where does Barbara eat her croissant despite it being a place designated for other business?
5. When someone is holding a Free Hugs sign, Smith says the hugs are not free. What is one of the services Smith says the sign holder might be selling?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Smith describe Cy at the beginning of “A Hovering Young Man”?
2. How does Smith describe Barbara physically?
3. How does Smith describe the nail salon and its clientele where she gets her massages in “A Man with Strong Hands”?
4. Why does Smith rarely get manicures and never get pedicures?
5. Who does Smith see in the ATM vestibule and what is her relationship with him?
6. What does Barbara say to Smith just before she is heading her rental car to leave the city?
7. What does Smith thank Carol for in “Intimations: Debts and Lessons”?
8. What does Smith say her feelings have always been about her ability to survive an apocalypse?
9. What are the two beauty treatments Smith will get and why?
10. How does Smith show that when she went to the ATM in the first story in “Screengrabs” it was early on in the pandemic?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In the final line of Intimations, Smith says that her “physical and moral cowardice have never really been tested, until now” (97). Write an essay exploring that line and including examples of this from the stories in Intimations.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the symbolic significance of Barbara in “A Woman with a Little Dog.” What does she represent? What is Smith’s narrative tone in regards to Barbara?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the author’s choice to write this collection as a set of personal essay rather than memoir or fiction. How does this narrative choice impact the reader?
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