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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What 18th-century philosopher proposed the notion of "negative pain" (83), according to the author in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Edmund Burke.
(c) Thomas Huxley.
(d) Adam Smith.

3. What does the author describe as her interdiction of her story in "Morphology of the Hit" (70)?
(a) "Survival is not haphazard."
(b) "Tourists are likely to get robbed."
(c) "Girls should never be alone in the dark."
(d) "Traits in their variation are inherited."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. How much does the author describe getting paid hourly as a medical actor in "The Empathy Exams"?

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

4. What is the elevation of El Alto?

5. What is the title of the third section in "Pain Tours (I)"?

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