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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many miles did Charlie run around the prison's gravel track in July to coincide with the Badwater Ultramarathon in July, according to the narrative in "Fog Count"?
(a) 115.
(b) 135.
(c) 102.
(d) 28.

3. When did James Schlatter lick some amino acids off his fingertips and discover aspartame?
(a) 1975.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1945.

4. When were Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera married?
(a) March 12, 1925.
(b) September 1, 1927.
(c) August 21, 1929.
(d) July 4, 1863.

5. Who attempted to shut down the Barkley Marathons due to erosion and endangered plants?
(a) Jack Adkins.
(b) Graham Huggan.
(c) Adam Smith.
(d) Jim Fyke.

6. When is the traditional festival of Alasitas celebrated in La Paz?
(a) July.
(b) January.
(c) May.
(d) February.

7. How old was Frida Kahlo when she married Diego Rivera?
(a) 22.
(b) 25.
(c) 18.
(d) 27.

8. What is the title of the third section in "Lost Boys"?
(a) "The Trial."
(b) "The Place."
(c) "The Crime."
(d) "San Ysidro."

9. Who were the New York filmmakers that created the Paradise Lost trilogy?
(a) Michael Roberts and Mel Watts.
(b) James Adkins and Gerald Moore.
(c) Andrew Wilson and Mark Skall.
(d) Joe Berlinger and Joe Sinofsky.

10. Who wrote "Tragedy is second-hand" (157), according to the author in "Pain Tours (II)"?
(a) Susan Sontag.
(b) William Faulkner.
(c) John Irving.
(d) James Wood.

11. What word in "In Defense of Saccharin(e)" means obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree?
(a) Articulate.
(b) Sublimatory.
(c) Undulating.
(d) Obsequious.

12. When are the visiting hours at the prison in "Fog Count"?
(a) 8:00 - 3:00.
(b) 7:00-2:00.
(c) 12:00-4:00.
(d) 9:00-5:00.

13. Who sings the song "Sentimental Movie" that is described in "In Defense of Saccharin(e)"?
(a) Axl Rose.
(b) Michael Jackson.
(c) Billy Joel.
(d) Prince.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Michael Moore's parents?

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

3. What was Charlie convicted of, according to the author in "Fog Count"?

4. What was Lazarus Lake's name when he was born?

5. From what writer did Charlie pick up the notion of "inner mobility" (147), according to the author in "Fog Count"?

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