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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the author define "morphology" in "Morphology of the Hit" (71)?

3. What term from "Devil's Bait" refers to a sensation like insects crawling over one's skin?

4. What program on the internet does the author describe where you can generate your own fairy tale?

5. When was the study "The Structure of Empathy" conducted that the author describes in "The Empathy Exams"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is Flarf poetry?

8. How is the road from Tijuana to Mexicali described in "La Frontera"?

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

10. What statue is described on the mining tour in "Pain Tours (I)"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is empathy? From where does this word originate? What are its roots? How is empathy different than sympathy? Why is empathy important?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrative style in the essays contained in The Empathy Exams. From what perspective are the narratives related? Is the author's style more journalistic or more memoir? What are the effects of this narrative style on the reader?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how empathy is explored thematically in "Lost Boys." How does the author describe different feelings of empathy for the victims' parents versus the parents of the accused? How does she describe her feelings of empathy for the accused themselves? What statements about empathy is the author making in this essay?

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