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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where in West Virginia does the author describe hunting for quarters in "Fog Count"?
(a) Morgantown.
(b) Charleston.
(c) Huntington.
(d) Fayetteville.

2. Where did the author first meet Charlie Engle?
(a) The Niagara Falls Marathon.
(b) The Dipsea Race.
(c) The Barkley Marathons.
(d) The Boston Marathon.

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

4. 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) Seattle.
(b) Mexico City.
(c) Virginia Beach.
(d) Atlantic City.

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

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

7. Where is Carl said to be from in "The Immortal Horizon"?
(a) Jacksonville.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Little Rock.
(d) Atlanta.

8. Who is quoted in describing a hallucination of a band of helpful Indians at the end of his three-day run of the John Muir Trail in "The Immortal Horizon"?
(a) Jim Fyke.
(b) Brett Maune.
(c) Graham Huggan.
(d) Roger Watts.

9. What does the author assert James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men is ultimately about, in "Pain Tours (II)"?
(a) Glory.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Love.
(d) Revenge.

10. When did Andrew Thompson finally complete the Barkley Marathons?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2006.

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

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

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

14. Who is the protagonist of Madame Bovary?
(a) Erica.
(b) Anna.
(c) Emma.
(d) Sarah.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What memoir was published by Damien in 2005, according to the author in "Lost Boys"?

2. On what day of the week does the author describe visiting Charlie in prison in "Fog Count"?

3. When did James Schlatter lick some amino acids off his fingertips and discover aspartame?

4. The word "saccharine" traces back to what Sanskrit word?

5. What is described in "Pain Tours (II)" as "easier than hopeless silence but braver than flight" (154)?

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