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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Lost Boys" - "Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Andrea when she was raped, according to the narrative in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) 14.
(b) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

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

3. What Beatles' song does the author describe hearing on the loudspeakers at a Bolivian supermarket in 2007 in "Pain Tours (II)"?
(a) "Hey Madonna."
(b) "Yellow Submarine."
(c) "Black Bird."
(d) "Hey Jude."

4. When is the traditional festival of Alasitas celebrated in La Paz?
(a) February.
(b) July.
(c) January.
(d) May.

5. What philosopher calls sentimentality a "disease of the feelings" (115)?
(a) Michael Tanner.
(b) Jim Fyke.
(c) Adam Smith.
(d) Mark Jefferson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nearing what age was Charlie when the author visited him in prison in "Fog Count"?

2. In the conclusion of "Morphology of the Hit," the author writes, "Everything I find is stained by a certain residue" (78). What is the residue?

3. By what name does the author refer to her primary cardiologist whom she describes as having a cold and blunt demeanor in "The Empathy Exams"?

4. Where is Dawn said to be a nurse in "Devil's Bait"?

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

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