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

2. How old was Stephanie Phillips's character when her father died, according to her script in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 9.
(d) 2.

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

4. What term from "Devil's Bait" refers to a sensation like insects crawling over one's skin?
(a) Ratification.
(b) Elocution.
(c) Formication.
(d) Endocation.

5. About how long are the scripts for medical actors, according to the author in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 5-6 pages.
(b) 2-3 pages.
(c) 10-12 pages.
(d) 15-20 pages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the capital of Sinaloa?

2. Where does the author describe having huevos con jamon in Tijuana in "La Frontera"?

3. Where was OJ Simpson's wife killed?

4. How much does the author describe getting paid hourly as a medical actor in "The Empathy Exams"?

5. What Shakespearean play does the author reference in relation to her infection by a human botfly in "Devil's Bait"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is El Alto described in "Pain Tours (I)"?

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

3. Why was the author traveling to Mexico in "La Frontera"?

4. How is the narrative related in "The Empathy Exams"?

5. How is Stephanie Phillips's physical presentation and tone described in "The Empathy Exams"?

6. What did the author do after the central event occurred in "Morphology of the Hit"?

7. How does the author describe Tijuana in "La Frontera"?

8. How does the author describe the television show's camera work in "Pain Tours (I)"?

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

10. How is the tour described in "Indigenous to the Hood" in "Pain Tours (I)"?

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