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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Something To Do” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Smith thinks that one reason Americans cannot fathom plagues is because they do not discriminate based on what?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Skin color.
(c) Zip code.
(d) Gender.

2. “Truly laboring people,” Smith says, have to adhere to this, to which an artist does not have to adhere?
(a) A time clock.
(b) A bus schedule.
(c) Traffic patterns.
(d) A boss’s whim.

3. What does Smith say we had before the pandemic instead of death?
(a) The flu.
(b) Universal healthcare.
(c) Immortality.
(d) Casualties and victims.

4. Which philosopher does Smith cite when discussing the difference between the thinker and his real life?
(a) Kierkagaard.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Plato.
(d) Socrates.

5. What purported purpose of art does Smith say is usually overstated in her essay “Something to Do”?
(a) Its aesthetic value.
(b) Its fundraising abilities.
(c) Offer financial security to the artist.
(d) Its political efficacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the few people, according to Smith, who did not have to “seek out something to do” during the pandemic?

2. What type of person does Smith say has created some of the most powerful art she has seen?

3. What does Smith say the link to long life in America is?

4. What does Smith say “demanded a new dawn” (11)?

5. What flowers does Smith wish she was looking at instead of peonies?

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