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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. Who designed and built Watts Towers?
(a) Graham Huggan.
(b) Vladimir Propp.
(c) Simon Rodia.
(d) Susan Sontag.

2. Who wrote, "A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it" (113)?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) Thomas Huxley.
(c) Adam Smith.
(d) Vladimir Propp.

3. What is the entry fee for the Barkley Marathons?
(a) $12.50.
(b) $14.
(c) $65.
(d) $1.60.

4. What is the title of the second section in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) "Sublime, Revisited."
(b) "San Ysidro."
(c) "Indigenous to the Hood."
(d) "La Plata Perdida."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has Julian brought a license plate from to the Barkley Marathons in "The Immortal Horizon"?

2. What is El Chapo's nickname?

3. Who wrote Theory of Moral Sentiments?

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

5. Who wrote Madame Bovary and is quoted in the opening in of "In Defense of Saccharin(e)"?

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