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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "In Defense of Saccharin(e)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does one take the bus after landing in El Alto in order to reach the highest city in the world?
(a) La Paz.
(b) Ororu.
(c) Sucre.
(d) Tarja.

2. What kinds of movies does the author describe being popular on the buses to the highest city in the world in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Stephen Segall movies.
(b) Jean-Claude Van Damme movies.
(c) Cowboy and Indian movies.
(d) Woody Allen movies.

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

4. How far along is Leslie in her pregnancy in the script she presents for herself in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 5 and 1/2 weeks.
(b) 7 and 1/2 weeks.
(c) 6 and 1/2 weeks.
(d) 3 and 1/2 weeks.

5. What did the tour guide for the Gang Tour call the rats in prison?
(a) Toe Nibblers.
(b) Freeway Freddies.
(c) Slick Sammies.
(d) Cellblock Roaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What philosopher calls sentimentality a "disease of the feelings" (115)?

2. 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)?

3. What is said to be the busiest land border in the world in "La Frontera"?

4. Who is the maid in Madame Bovary?

5. Who wrote Theory of Moral Sentiments?

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