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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. When does the author describe her trip to Tijuana and Mexicali for the literary conference in "La Frontera"?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2012.
(c) 2005.
(d) 2008.

2. 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) Memphis.
(b) Jacksonville.
(c) Williamsburg.
(d) Park Slope.

3. About how long are the scripts for medical actors, according to the author in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 5-6 pages.
(b) 2-3 pages.
(c) 10-12 pages.
(d) 15-20 pages.

4. When was the study "The Structure of Empathy" conducted that the author describes in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1983.

5. When did Leslie and Dave first kiss, according to the author's narrative in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 2003.
(b) 2008.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2005.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did James Earl Ray escape from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary?

2. Where is Jean Decety as psychologist, according to the author in "The Empathy Exams"?

3. What 18th-century philosopher proposed the notion of "negative pain" (83), according to the author in "Pain Tours (I)"?

4. Who does the author describe as liking "to kill at parties because it makes his message more visible" in "La Frontera" (63)?

5. When did the Rodney King Riots take place?

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