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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. How old is the character of Stephanie Phillips described as in "The Empathy Exams"?
2. What is described in "Pain Tours (I)" as a disease one calls "the uniting of dust in the lungs" (81)?
3. What does the author describe winning in the conference lottery in "Devil's Bait"?
4. Where was the bar that the author went to after she was attacked in "Morphology of the Hit"?
5. Where did the author have surgery on her nose in "Morphology of the Hit"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does the author describe living in "Morphology of the Hit"? What was she doing there?
2. How is the tour described in "Indigenous to the Hood" in "Pain Tours (I)"?
3. How is the road from Tijuana to Mexicali described in "La Frontera"?
4. What is Morgellons disease?
5. Why was the author traveling to Mexico in "La Frontera"?
6. How does the author describe "The Australian" (38) in "Devil's Bait"?
7. How does the author demonstrate the American tendency to generalize Mexico in "La Frontera"?
8. Why is "Checklist item 31" generally acknowledged as the most important in "The Empathy Exams"?
9. What statue is described on the mining tour in "Pain Tours (I)"?
10. What did the author do after the central event occurred in "Morphology of the Hit"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the theme of poverty/slum tourism in The Empathy Exams. How is this theme developed through setting in the author's narratives? How is it developed through characterization? How is it developed through metaphor and action?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the author's struggles with Dave in the first essay. How did these personal struggles change the author's perceptions of empathy? How did they shape her understanding of pain and suffering? In what ways did the author evolve through this situation?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of guilt in "Morphology of the Hit." Why does the author describe feeling guilt after her assault? How did the guilt that emerged from that event change the author? How did it shape her perceptions of empathy?
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