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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Pain Tours (II)".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who once said, "You are a little soul carrying around a corpse" (113)?
(a) Plato.
(b) Epicetus.
(c) Aeschelus.
(d) Aristotle.

2. Where is the Morgellons convention that the author describes attending in "Devil's Bait"?
(a) Dallas.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Houston.
(d) Austin.

3. Where did Paul say he had developed Morgellons disease?
(a) On a cross-country hike.
(b) At a hotel.
(c) In Bolivia.
(d) On a fishing trip.

4. When did Leslie and Dave first kiss, according to the author's narrative in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2010.

5. Where has Julian brought a license plate from to the Barkley Marathons in "The Immortal Horizon"?
(a) Liberia.
(b) Nicaragua.
(c) Bolivia.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the author first meet Charlie Engle?

3. What philosopher calls sentimentality a "disease of the feelings" (115)?

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

5. When did the CDC release the results of the study "Clinical, Epidemiologic, Histopathologic and Molecular Features of an Unexplained Dermopathy"?

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