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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 percentage of Morgellons patients are female, according to the author in "Devil's Bait"?

2. The diagnosis of Morgellons disease began with a woman named Mary Leitao who took her son to a doctor in what year based on symptoms?

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

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

5. Who is described as the tour guide for the silver mines in "Pain Tours (I)"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Morgellons disease?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 individuals that are characterized in "The Immortal Horizon." How is Laz described? What motivated him to create the Barkley Marathons? How does the author use metaphor and simile in her descriptions of these individuals? How do these literary devices shape your impressions of them?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author define sentimentality? How can sentimentality limit empathy? How can sentimentality prompt empathy? Is sentimentality a good or bad thing? Why?

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