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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. What memoir was published by Damien in 2005, according to the author in "Lost Boys"?
(a) Lost Boys.
(b) Almost Home.
(c) Almost Normal.
(d) Caged Animal.

2. 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) Edmund Burke.
(d) Vladimir Propp.

3. Who attempted to shut down the Barkley Marathons due to erosion and endangered plants?
(a) Adam Smith.
(b) Jack Adkins.
(c) Jim Fyke.
(d) Graham Huggan.

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

5. Where was the bar that the author went to after she was attacked in "Morphology of the Hit"?
(a) Cafe Bohemian.
(b) The Echo Cafe.
(c) Tijuana Tilly's.
(d) Calle Calzada.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Adan's profession said to be in "La Frontera"?

2. What is described in "Pain Tours (II)" as "easier than hopeless silence but braver than flight" (154)?

3. How many times had Charlie completed the Badwater Ultramarathon when the author visited him in prison in "Fog Count"?

4. What percentage of Morgellons patients are female, according to the author in "Devil's Bait"?

5. Where had the author traveled and been infected with a human botfly?

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