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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Pain Tours (II)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Leslie's brother diagnosed with while in Sweden, according to her narrative in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) Scoliosis.
(b) Tachychardia.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Bell's palsy.

2. Who is described as the tour guide for the silver mines in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Pedro.
(b) Luis.
(c) Favio.
(d) Rico.

3. How old was Frida Kahlo when she married Diego Rivera?
(a) 22.
(b) 27.
(c) 25.
(d) 18.

4. Who defines "exoticism" as an experience that "posits the lure of difference while protecting its practitioners from close involvement" (85)?
(a) Graham Huggan.
(b) Vladimir Propp.
(c) Susan Sontag.
(d) Edmund Burke.

5. Where did Paul say he had developed Morgellons disease?
(a) On a cross-country hike.
(b) In Bolivia.
(c) At a hotel.
(d) On a fishing trip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Charlie convicted of, according to the author in "Fog Count"?

2. How old was Diego Rivera when he married Frida Kahlo?

3. Who does the author describe as liking "to kill at parties because it makes his message more visible" in "La Frontera" (63)?

4. What "is the clinical name for shared delusions" (36)?

5. Who wrote, "A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it" (113)?

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