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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Devil’s Bait".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day of the week does the author describe having an abortion in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Thursday.

2. When was the study "The Structure of Empathy" conducted that the author describes in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1979.

3. What word from "The Empathy Exams" refers to the theory that the self is all that can be known to exist?
(a) Cronism.
(b) Epicism.
(c) Solipism.
(d) Narcissism.

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

5. What term from "Devil's Bait" refers to a sensation like insects crawling over one's skin?
(a) Ratification.
(b) Endocation.
(c) Elocution.
(d) Formication.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how long are the scripts for medical actors, according to the author in "The Empathy Exams"?

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

3. Where did Leslie Jamison earn her Ph.D. in English literature?

4. Where is the Morgellons convention that the author describes attending in "Devil's Bait"?

5. 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)?

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