Intimations Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Intimations Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the few people, according to Smith, who did not have to “seek out something to do” during the pandemic?
(a) Writers.
(b) Painters.
(c) Gamers.
(d) Essential workers.

2. What former British Prime Minister does Smith reference at the end of “The American Exception”?
(a) Neville Chamberlain.
(b) Margaret Thatcher.
(c) Tony Blair.
(d) Winston Churchill.

3. What is one of the social issues Smith said that pandemic forced many to have to face in her essay “Something to Do”?
(a) Lack of sick leave.
(b) Unloving parents.
(c) Bad marriages.
(d) Low minimum wage.

4. The day Smith looked at the peonies in the Jefferson Market Garden was just a few days before what Smith refers to as what?
(a) The Worldwide Humbling.
(b) The Global Submission.
(c) The Global Humbling.
(d) The Global Fumbling.

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

6. What “obsession” (6) does Smith liken to her resistance to nature as a youth, an obsessions she says many writers share?
(a) Control.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Order.
(d) Materialism.

7. In “Suffering Like Mel Gibson” Smith discusses an article she read about a 17-year-old who committed suicide during the pandemic for what reason?
(a) She could not see her friends.
(b) She did not have access to the internet from home.
(c) She could not stand Zoom meetings.
(d) She did not get enough likes on social media.

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

9. What is the title of the fourth essay is Zadie Smith’s collection Intimations?
(a) Suffering like Jesus.
(b) A Conversation with Jesus.
(c) Suffering like Mel Gibson.
(d) A Conversation between Jesus and Mel Gibson.

10. While looking on at the garden, Smith thinks of a quote by Nabokov regarding his inspiration for which novel?
(a) Glory.
(b) Laura.
(c) Lolita.
(d) Mary.

11. After the pandemic, Smith says we must modify our new knowledge of privilege to involve what new category?
(a) Vaccination.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Excessive screen time.
(d) Suffering.

12. In “The American Exception,” Smith says that Americans attacked death as a series of what?
(a) Mysteries.
(b) Discrete problems.
(c) Bad decisions.
(d) Unfortunate events.

13. At which point does Smith say a man submits to nature?
(a) At birth.
(b) In private.
(c) In old age.
(d) In death.

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

15. In what city does Smith live at the start of “Peonies”?
(a) New York.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What example does Smith use in “Peonies” as a time when submitting might be better than resisting?

3. As Smith stares into the garden of peonies near two other women her age, Smiths comments of what “gaudy symbol,” the flowers represent, “in the middle of a barren concrete metropolis” (3)?

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

5. What is one thing Smith says that wealthy people would not do if suffering were relative?

(see the answer keys)

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