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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop,” “A Provocation in the Park,” “Post-script: Contempt as a Virus” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the first short essay in “Screengrabs”?
(a) Ben.
(b) A Man with Strong Hands.
(c) My Masseuse.
(d) A Writer’s Life.

2. Who is the author of the essay “Peonies”?
(a) Zora Smith.
(b) Zadie Smith.
(c) Zelda Smith.
(d) Zinnia Smith.

3. Smith says that when it comes to certain crimes, we only wonder later if it has something to do with a feeling of hopeless what on the part of the criminal?
(a) Delusions.
(b) Romanticism.
(c) Inadequacy.
(d) Depression.

4. In “A Man With Strong Hands,” Smith’s masseur tells her that she never does what while getting a massage?
(a) Relaxes.
(b) Talks.
(c) Listens.
(d) Reads.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. “Truly laboring people,” Smith says, have to adhere to this, to which an artist does not have to adhere?

2. Smith refers to the space of time that artists usually occupy as a “charming but useless” what?

3. What does Smith say she has at times been annoyed with, but is happy Cy is connected to?

4. Who does Smith say are patronized by people of all ages?

5. Smith describes the “Ideal, rent-controlled city dweller” who “creates community” without ever using what word?

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