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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “A Woman With a Little Dog,” “A Hovering Young Man”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the conversation Smith overhears at a Subway shop, Smith learns that the two women conversing are more appalled by what factor, than that the child is too young for technology?
(a) That the mother tried to take away the iPad.
(b) That the baby held such an expensive item.
(c) That the baby was unhappy even though he had an iPad.
(d) That the iPad was not the latest version.

2. What does Cy often tell Smith he can help her with at the library?
(a) Printing.
(b) Her IT needs.
(c) Research.
(d) Ordering books.

3. What does Smith say she has at times been annoyed with, but is happy Cy is connected to?
(a) Communities.
(b) Hoverboards.
(c) Institutions.
(d) Families.

4. The moment Smith realized that she had misunderstood the conversation between the women in the Subway shop was the moment Smith says she became aware of her what?
(a) Isolation.
(b) Hearing problems.
(c) Nosiness.
(d) Privilege.

5. In the conversation Smith overhears at a Subway shop, the two women discuss seeing a baby holding what item?
(a) An iPad.
(b) An iPhone.
(c) His mother’s keys.
(d) A harmonica.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of person does Smith say was overjoyed with the new free time at the start of the pandemic?

2. In “A Hovering Young Man,” Smith says that her students have long been suspicious of the “infinite promise of” (56) what?

3. What is different about Jesus versus the actor speaking to him in the meme Smith saw during the pandemic?

4. 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?

5. What is one of Barbara’s habits in “A Woman with a Little Dog”?

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