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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Dan Baglione when he ran the Barkley Marathons in 2006?
(a) 63.
(b) 65.
(c) 75.
(d) 71.

2. What is the entry fee for the Barkley Marathons?
(a) $1.60.
(b) $14.
(c) $12.50.
(d) $65.

3. The word "saccharine" traces back to what Sanskrit word?
(a) Schya.
(b) Sarkara.
(c) Syracura.
(d) Sukla.

4. Who wrote, "A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it" (113)?
(a) Adam Smith.
(b) Thomas Huxley.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) Vladimir Propp.

5. When did Fortune magazine tell Agee to write a journalistic piece about sharecroppers in the Deep South, according to the author in "Pain Tours (II)"?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1931.

6. Where did Charlie hit bottom, getting shots at by angry dealers, according to the narrative in "Fog Count"?
(a) Cleveland.
(b) Wichita.
(c) Newport.
(d) Little Rock.

7. What Nazi commander is described as having wept at an opera staged by concentraton camp prisoners in "In Defense of Saccharin(e)"?
(a) Jim Fyke.
(b) John Irving.
(c) David Foster Wallace.
(d) Rudolf Hoess.

8. What philosopher calls sentimentality a "disease of the feelings" (115)?
(a) Adam Smith.
(b) Jim Fyke.
(c) Mark Jefferson.
(d) Michael Tanner.

9. What is the title of the fourth section in "Lost Boys"?
(a) "The Accused."
(b) "The Crime."
(c) "The Place."
(d) "The Trial."

10. Who wrote Madame Bovary and is quoted in the opening in of "In Defense of Saccharin(e)"?
(a) Gustave Flaubert.
(b) Adam Smith.
(c) Thomas Huxley.
(d) Edmund Burke.

11. Who is described as Cat's boyfriend in "Fog Count"?
(a) Jack.
(b) Jason.
(c) Drew.
(d) Mark.

12. What is the title of the second section in "Pain Tours (II)"?
(a) "Ex-Votos."
(b) "Servicio Supercompleto."
(c) "Sublime, Revisited."
(d) "La Plata Perdida."

13. When was Charlie convicted, according to the author in "Fog Count"?
(a) June, 2009.
(b) September, 2011.
(c) May, 2008.
(d) October, 2010.

14. How old was Frida Kahlo when a streetcar's handrail rammed through her body, injuring her?
(a) 18.
(b) 12.
(c) 22.
(d) 21.

15. What does the maid steal from her mistress to eat every night in Madame Bovary?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Cookies.
(c) Apples.
(d) Mints.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Michael Moore's parents?

2. How old was Frida Kahlo when she married Diego Rivera?

3. Where has Julian brought a license plate from to the Barkley Marathons in "The Immortal Horizon"?

4. In the author's assessment of Frida Kahlo's works she calls what color "the undergarments of ghosts" (152)?

5. Who is the maid in Madame Bovary?

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