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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say there was nothing of in the attack when she was punched in "Morphology of the Hit"?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Deliberation.
(c) Certainty.
(d) Deception.

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

3. 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) Susan Sontag.
(b) Thomas Huxley.
(c) Charles Darwin.
(d) Adam Smith.

4. On what mountain does the author describe the silver mines in "Pain Tours (I)"?
(a) Cerro Rico.
(b) Illimani.
(c) Illampu.
(d) Nevado Sajama.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the Pastor and his church congregation on the Gang Tour said to be from in "Pain Tours (I)"?

2. Where did the author have surgery on her nose in "Morphology of the Hit"?

3. What does the author describe writing papers about when she began graduate school in "Morphology of the Hit"?

4. What is the opening line for the character of Stephanie Phillips, according to the narrative in "The Empathy Exams" (11)?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is San Ysidro described in "La Frontera"?

2. How is Favio described in "Pain Tours (I)"?

3. What is Flarf poetry?

4. Where did Morgellons originate, according to the author in "Devil's Bait"?

5. Who wrote Morphology of the Folktale? What is it about?

6. What information is related in the first case summary for Leslie Jamison in "The Empathy Exams"?

7. What is the basic case summary for Stephanie Phillips in "The Empathy Exams"?

8. How does the author describe her relationship with Dave in "The Empathy Exams"?

9. What is the central event in "Morphology of the Hit"?

10. Why is "Checklist item 31" generally acknowledged as the most important in "The Empathy Exams"?

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