John and Ira Eat Dinner Together After Work

question 30

Multiple Choice

John and Ira eat dinner together after work. Several hours later, each starts to feel nausea and stomach pains. John is a hypochondriac, Ira is not. Most likely:

• A) both men will think that the food they ate made them sick.
• B) John will think that he has stomach cancer and Ira will think the food he ate made him sick.
• C) John will think the food he ate made him sick and Ira will not think anything at all.
• D) Ira will think he has stomach cancer and John will think the food he ate made him sick.

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