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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who taught Smith “to have one layer of skin less than the others, and therefore to feel it all” (92)?
2. What is the title of the first short essay in “Screengrabs”?
3. Who taught Smith “to replace the missing layer of skin with language” (92)?
4. Smith says that if the people of England are listened to, it is solely for what purpose?
5. Why does Smith assume the nail salon she goes to must do a good business?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Smith say in regards to how certain crimes are categorized?
2. Why is Smith going to the ATM in “A Character in a Wheelchair in the Vestibule”?
3. Who is Barbara from “A Woman with a Little Dog”?
4. What does Myron think of all the people leaving NYC based on the phone call Smith overhears in the ATM?
5. How does Smith describe the nail salon and its clientele where she gets her massages in “A Man with Strong Hands”?
6. What does Smith consider might be the reasons for the sign that read “I am a self-hating Asian. Let’s talk!” (66).
7. What does Smith say about the “ideal, rent-controlled city dweller” (49)?
8. How does Smith describe Cy at the beginning of “A Hovering Young Man”?
9. How does Smith know the woman at the bus stop who approaches her must have known her from long ago?
10. What does the man with the sign say in his email to the entire university community?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay exploring the theme of submission versus resistance is the short essay “Peonies” in Zadie Smith’s intimations. Use direct examples from the text to support your viewpoint.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the way in which Smith and her mother try to create some kind of normalcy during the pandemic lockdown in “An Elder at the 98 Bus Stop.” How do they interact? What do they discuss? How is this attempt at normalcy possible or impossible?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay exploring theme of suffering in Smith’s essay, “Suffering Like Mel Gibson.”
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