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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Immortal Horizon".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What 18th-century philosopher proposed the notion of "negative pain" (83), according to the author in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Edmund Burke.
(b) Thomas Huxley.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Adam Smith.

2. Where did Blake Wood earn his Ph.D.?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

3. What does the author describe winning in the conference lottery in "Devil's Bait"?
(a) A medical kit.
(b) A computer.
(c) A baseball hat.
(d) A miniscope.

4. The diagnosis of Morgellons disease began with a woman named Mary Leitao who took her son to a doctor in what year based on symptoms?
(a) 2005.
(b) 1989.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1995.

5. Who designed and built Watts Towers?
(a) Graham Huggan.
(b) Susan Sontag.
(c) Vladimir Propp.
(d) Simon Rodia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Julian brought a license plate from to the Barkley Marathons in "The Immortal Horizon"?

2. Who wrote "Being a spectator of calamaties taking place in another country is a quintessential modern experience" (87)?

3. What is described in "Pain Tours (I)" as a disease one calls "the uniting of dust in the lungs" (81)?

4. What is the first section of "Pain Tours (I)" titled?

5. How far is Mexicali from Tijuana?

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