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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. Who does Smith say are patronized by people of all ages?
(a) Old men.
(b) Kids.
(c) Older women.
(d) Young men.

2. What is different about Jesus versus the actor speaking to him in the meme Smith saw during the pandemic?
(a) He is soaked in blood.
(b) He is on a cross.
(c) He is kneeling.
(d) He is praying.

3. What are some of the topics Smith and her mother discuss during the pandemic lockdown?
(a) Housekeeping and books.
(b) Online teaching and cooking.
(c) TV shows and movies.
(d) PPE, family, and gardening.

4. Myron accuses people of believing everything they hear on the news and not being about to do what for themselves?
(a) Think.
(b) Wash their hands.
(c) Buy face masks.
(d) Cook.

5. What offer do Smith and her husband accept from a friend when the pandemic begins?
(a) To quarantine together.
(b) To buy a house in the suburbs together.
(c) To let the friend house sit while they leave.
(d) To stay in the friends cottage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famous New Yorker does Smith reference in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule” for refusing to leave New York?

2. Which actor is in the director’s chair talking to Jesus in the meme someone sent Smith at the start of the pandemic?

3. At the end of “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule,” Myron says that everyone is afraid of a cold when all they need to do is what?

4. What did Barbara do when her dog died, according to Smith in “A Woman with a Little Dog”?

5. Smith says that despite America’s feelings of being untouchable, as the pandemic progressed, what did America appear to lead the world in?

(see the answer key)

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