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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. At what bar does the author describe turning 24 in "Morphology of the Hit"?
(a) Cafe Bohemia.
(b) Cafe Diablo.
(c) Tijuana Tilly's.
(d) Cafe Frontera.

2. Who once said, "You are a little soul carrying around a corpse" (113)?
(a) Aeschelus.
(b) Plato.
(c) Epicetus.
(d) Aristotle.

3. What was stolen from the author when she was punched?
(a) Her phone and bookbag.
(b) Her wallet and camera.
(c) Her watch and ring.
(d) Her books.

4. Where did Blake Wood earn his Ph.D.?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Yale.
(d) Harvard.

5. Where is Jean Decety as psychologist, according to the author in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) Louisiana State University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) The University of New Orleans.
(d) The University of Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Dan Baglione when he ran the Barkley Marathons in 2006?

2. What is the elevation of El Alto?

3. What word in "In Defense of Saccharin(e)" means obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree?

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

5. Who is the founder and guide of the Gang Tour, according to the author in "Pain Tours (I)"?

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