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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Blake Wood earn his Ph.D.?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Yale.
(d) Berkeley.

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

3. What does the author say she has an entire trash can in her kitchen full of in "In Defense of Saccharin(e)"?
(a) Empty artificial sweetener packets.
(b) Empty Girl Scout cookie boxes.
(c) Empty Oreo cookie packages.
(d) Empty Diet Coke cans.

4. Who wrote the 1979 op-ed called "In Defense of Sentimentality"?
(a) Edmund Burke.
(b) David Foster Wallace.
(c) John Irving.
(d) Jim Fyke.

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

6. How old is John DeWitt described as in "The Immortal Horizon"?
(a) 75.
(b) 69.
(c) 73.
(d) 65.

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

8. How many men have finished the race at the Barkley Marathons, according to the author in "The Immortal Horizon"?
(a) 8.
(b) 15.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

9. Who once said, "You are a little soul carrying around a corpse" (113)?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Epicetus.
(d) Aeschelus.

10. Where did Charlie Engle's teenage sons live when he was imprisoned?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Vermont.
(c) Texas.
(d) Washington.

11. How many books were the prisoners allowed in their cells where Charlie was held, according to the narrative in "Fog Count"?
(a) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

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

13. Where did John Price say he was going to run to from Venice Beach to celebrate his retirement the following year in "The Immortal Horizon"?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Seattle.
(c) Atlantic City.
(d) Virginia Beach.

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

15. How old was Diego Rivera when he married Frida Kahlo?
(a) 49.
(b) 43.
(c) 51.
(d) 29.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the protagonist of Madame Bovary?

2. Where is Carl said to be from in "The Immortal Horizon"?

3. Who wrote Infinite Jest?

4. Who is the Aymara god of abundance?

5. Who were the New York filmmakers that created the Paradise Lost trilogy?

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