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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. What kind of avant-garde poetry is Marco described as being interested in, in "La Frontera"?
(a) Broadside poetry.
(b) Flarf poetry.
(c) Modernist poetry.
(d) Beat poetry.

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

3. What is the capital of Sinaloa?
(a) Guadalajara.
(b) Culiacan.
(c) Cancun.
(d) Merida.

4. Who is the founder and guide of the Gang Tour, according to the author in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Alfred.
(b) Juan.
(c) Jack.
(d) Roger.

5. Who wrote "Being a spectator of calamaties taking place in another country is a quintessential modern experience" (87)?
(a) Susan Sontag.
(b) Graham Huggan.
(c) Vladimir Propp.
(d) Edmund Burke.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the author say there was nothing of in the attack when she was punched in "Morphology of the Hit"?

4. How many men are said to have been eaten by the mountain with the silver mines in "Pain Tours (I)"?

5. What is the fee for the Gang Tour that is described in "Pain Tours (I)"?

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