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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who defines "exoticism" as an experience that "posits the lure of difference while protecting its practitioners from close involvement" (85)?
(a) Susan Sontag.
(b) Edmund Burke.
(c) Vladimir Propp.
(d) Graham Huggan.

2. Where does Leslie describe going to have an abortion performed in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) Parkmed NYC.
(b) Planned Parenthood.
(c) Early Options.
(d) Brooklyn Abortion Clinic.

3. When did the seizures of Stephanie Phillips's character begin, according to her script in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 4 years ago.
(b) 6 months ago.
(c) 1 year ago.
(d) 2 years ago.

4. What Shakespearean play does the author reference in relation to her infection by a human botfly in "Devil's Bait"?
(a) Macbeth.
(b) Romeo and Juliet.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Othello.

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

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

7. What is described in "Pain Tours (I)" as a disease one calls "the uniting of dust in the lungs" (81)?
(a) Tachycardia.
(b) Morgellons.
(c) Legionaire's.
(d) Silicosis.

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

9. What was Leslie's brother diagnosed with while in Sweden, according to her narrative in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) Scoliosis.
(b) Tachychardia.
(c) Bell's palsy.
(d) Epilepsy.

10. What is the new LA County jail called, according to the author in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) The Red Spire.
(b) The Twin Towers.
(c) The Yumbo.
(d) The Beacon.

11. Where is the Morgellons convention that the author describes attending in "Devil's Bait"?
(a) Houston.
(b) Austin.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Dallas.

12. Where is Lenny said to be from in "Devil's Bait"?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Texas.
(c) Arkansas.
(d) Oklahoma.

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

14. How old does Leslie describe herself when she wanted to end her pregnancy in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 23.
(b) 25.
(c) 27.
(d) 21.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Stephanie Phillips's character when her father died, according to her script in "The Empathy Exams"?

2. How many subjects were investigated for the study "Clinical, Epidemiologic, Histopathologic and Molecular Features of an Unexplained Dermopathy"?

3. Where did Paul say he had developed Morgellons disease?

4. Where did Leslie Jamison earn her Ph.D. in English literature?

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

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