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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from "The Empathy Exams" refers to the theory that the self is all that can be known to exist?
(a) Cronism.
(b) Solipism.
(c) Narcissism.
(d) Epicism.

2. How old is Andrea described on the show Intervention in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) 29.
(b) 32.
(c) 22.
(d) 45.

3. What 18th-century philosopher proposed the notion of "negative pain" (83), according to the author in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Edmund Burke.
(b) Thomas Huxley.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Adam Smith.

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

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

6. When did the Rodney King Riots take place?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1992.

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

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

9. What nineteenth-century biologist is quoted in "Devil's Bait" with the words, "Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abyss Nature leads, or you shall learn nothing" (55)?
(a) Charles Darwin.
(b) Susan Sontag.
(c) Adam Smith.
(d) Thomas Huxley.

10. 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.

11. What percentage of Morgellons patients are female, according to the author in "Devil's Bait"?
(a) 60%.
(b) 35%.
(c) 70%.
(d) 50%.

12. What is the capital of Sinaloa?
(a) Merida.
(b) Guadalajara.
(c) Culiacan.
(d) Cancun.

13. What did the tour guide for the Gang Tour call the rats in prison?
(a) Cellblock Roaches.
(b) Slick Sammies.
(c) Freeway Freddies.
(d) Toe Nibblers.

14. Who is described as the father of Andrea's children in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Jason.
(b) Roger.
(c) James.
(d) Michael.

15. 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?
(a) "All that grease."
(b) "All that blood."
(c) "All that rain."
(d) "All that hope."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was OJ Simpson's wife killed?

2. What "is the clinical name for shared delusions" (36)?

3. On what day of the week does the author describe having an abortion in "The Empathy Exams"?

4. What is described in "Pain Tours (I)" as a disease one calls "the uniting of dust in the lungs" (81)?

5. Who wrote Theory of Moral Sentiments?

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