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

2. Where is the Morgellons convention that the author describes attending in "Devil's Bait"?

3. How old is the character of Stephanie Phillips described as in "The Empathy Exams"?

4. Where does the author describe seeing an ex-boyfriend who offered her a line of coke on someone's steamer trunk in "Morphology of the Hit"?

5. What kinds of movies does the author describe being popular on the buses to the highest city in the world in "Pain Tours (I)"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the author describe as her experience with a parasite under the skin in "Devil's Bait"?

4. Where does the author describe the conference being held in "Devil's Bait"?

5. What is the basic case summary for Stephanie Phillips in "The Empathy Exams"?

6. What television show is described in the section called "Sublime, Revised" in "Pain Tours (I)"?

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

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

9. What is a medical actor? How is this job described by the author?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is metaphor central in "In Defense of Saccharin(e)"? What is the central metaphor in the essay? How do you relate to this metaphor? Is this metaphor effective in illustrating the author's points in the essay?

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 three examples of metaphor in The Empathy Exams. What things/concepts are being compared? How do you relate to the metaphor? What effect does this metaphor have on the reader?

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