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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 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) Charles Darwin.
(b) Thomas Huxley.
(c) Adam Smith.
(d) Susan Sontag.

2. When did James Earl Ray escape from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary?
(a) March 2, 1975.
(b) May 12, 1976.
(c) July 2, 1978.
(d) June 11, 1977.

3. What does the author assert James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men is ultimately about, in "Pain Tours (II)"?
(a) Glory.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Love.
(d) Guilt.

4. When did the seizures of Stephanie Phillips's character begin, according to her script in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 6 months ago.
(b) 1 year ago.
(c) 4 years ago.
(d) 2 years ago.

5. At what prison was Charlie Engle housed when the author visited him in "Fog Count"?
(a) Angola.
(b) Bastrop.
(c) Beckley.
(d) Sing Sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is described as the highest city in the world in "Pain Tours (I)"?

2. 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?

3. How old was Frida Kahlo when a streetcar's handrail rammed through her body, injuring her?

4. Who sings the song "Sentimental Movie" that is described in "In Defense of Saccharin(e)"?

5. What does the author say her face will always remind her of in the end of "Morphology of the Hit"?

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