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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Devil’s Bait".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Stephanie Phillips's brother that drowned, according to her script in "The Empathy Exams"?
(a) Jason.
(b) Jack.
(c) Will.
(d) Adam.

2. What Shakespearean play does the author reference in relation to her infection by a human botfly in "Devil's Bait"?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Othello.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

3. Where did Leslie Jamison earn her Ph.D. in English literature?
(a) Yale.
(b) Princeton.
(c) NYU.
(d) Harvard.

4. How many subjects were investigated for the study "Clinical, Epidemiologic, Histopathologic and Molecular Features of an Unexplained Dermopathy"?
(a) 115.
(b) 95.
(c) 54.
(d) 265.

5. What percentage of Morgellons patients are female, according to the author in "Devil's Bait"?
(a) 60%.
(b) 70%.
(c) 35%.
(d) 50%.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How far along is Leslie in her pregnancy in the script she presents for herself in "The Empathy Exams"?

3. What "is the clinical name for shared delusions" (36)?

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

5. Where had the author traveled and been infected with a human botfly?

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