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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Morphology of the Hit".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick" (37)?
(a) Thomas Huxley.
(b) Charles Darwin.
(c) Adam Smith.
(d) Susan Sontag.

2. How many classrooms were in the school where the author taught Spanish to kids in Nicaragua?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

3. Where does the author describe seeing an ex-boyfriend who offered her a line of coke on someone's steamer trunk in "Morphology of the Hit"?
(a) Park Slope.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Williamsburg.
(d) Jacksonville.

4. How does the author define "morphology" in "Morphology of the Hit" (71)?
(a) "The study of the mood and tone of things."
(b) "The study of the essence of things."
(c) "The study of the shape or form of things."
(d) "The study of the concept of things."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Theory of Moral Sentiments?

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

3. To whom did the author give her lottery prize at the conference for Morgellons disease in "Devil's Bait"?

4. In the conclusion of "Morphology of the Hit," the author writes, "Everything I find is stained by a certain residue" (78). What is the residue?

5. When did the seizures of Stephanie Phillips's character begin, according to her script in "The Empathy Exams"?

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