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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. Smith describes the young man at the start of “A Hovering Young Man” as a typical what?
(a) Fool.
(b) American.
(c) College Student.
(d) Teenager.

2. At the end of “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop,” what does Smith’s mother say lockdown is doing to people?
(a) Driving them crazy.
(b) Slowing them down.
(c) Bringing them peace.
(d) Making them lazy.

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

4. What does Smith say the link to long life in America is?
(a) Money.
(b) Healthy eating habits.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Good luck.

5. 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) Inadequacy.
(b) Romanticism.
(c) Depression.
(d) Delusions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the setting at the start of “Peonies”?

2. What is the term Smith says reflects her resistance to the nature of her gender?

3. What is written on the sign Smith first describes in “A Provocation in the Park”?

4. What name does Smith say would better suit the writing department in which she works at the University in “Peonies”?

5. What term does Smith question, which the media uses in regards to some crimes, such as when a man kills an innocent group of people in a church?

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