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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. Smith describes the young man at the start of “A Hovering Young Man” as a typical what?
2. What is the title of the third short essay in “Screengrabs”?
3. Where does the young man work in “A Hovering Young Man”?
4. What is the name of the homeless man Smith sees I at the ATM in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
5. What does the woman in “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop” tell Smith she is going to the doctor’s to discuss?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Smith know the woman at the bus stop who approaches her must have known her from long ago?
2. What does Smith find interesting about the way in which the man with the sign projects his hate?
3. How does Smith describe the way in which Barbara and other women in the city get older?
4. How does Smith describe Barbara physically?
5. What does Smith say in regards to how certain crimes are categorized?
6. What does Smith say about her husband Nick in Intimations: Debts and Lessons”?
7. Where are Smith and her husband going while they wait to fly to London?
8. What are the two beauty treatments Smith will get and why?
9. What does Smith admit is different between how public school closings impact Ben versus how they impact her family?
10. What does Smith say her feelings have always been about her ability to survive an apocalypse?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring how Smith’s ideas about femininity and womanhood have evolved over time as expressed in “Peonies.”
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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.
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