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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "La Frontera".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nineteenth-century biologist is quoted in "Devil's Bait" with the words, "Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing" (55)?
(a) Susan Sontag.
(b) Thomas Huxley.
(c) Adam Smith.
(d) Charles Darwin.

2. What Shakespearean play does the author reference in relation to her infection by a human botfly in "Devil's Bait"?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Othello.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

3. Where does Leslie describe going to have an abortion performed in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) Planned Parenthood.
(b) Parkmed NYC.
(c) Early Options.
(d) Brooklyn Abortion Clinic.

4. What "is the clinical name for shared delusions" (36)?
(a) Folie a deux.
(b) Omniscient hallucinations.
(c) Laurie a deux.
(d) Articulate reasoning.

5. Where does the author describe having huevos con jamon in Tijuana in "La Frontera"?
(a) El Pollo Loco.
(b) Tijuana Tilly's.
(c) Nuevo Leon.
(d) Sonora Cafe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of Morgellons patients are female, according to the author in "Devil's Bait"?

2. Where is Lenny said to be from in "Devil's Bait"?

3. How old does Leslie describe herself when she wanted to end her pregnancy in "The Empathy Exams"?

4. Who was Stephanie Phillips's brother that drowned, according to her script in "The Empathy Exams"?

5. What is the opening line for the character of Stephanie Phillips, according to the narrative in "The Empathy Exams" (11)?

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