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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The number of inmates in West Virginia is how many times the number in 1990?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

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

3. How many entrants are allowed to run in the Barkley Marathons each year?
(a) 65.
(b) 125.
(c) 35.
(d) 100.

4. What IQ is Jeesie said to have in "Lost Boys"?
(a) 72.
(b) 89.
(c) 112.
(d) 115.

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

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

7. Who wrote the review titled "Tides of Treacle" that is quoted in "In Defense of Saccharin(e)"?
(a) Adam Smith.
(b) James Wood.
(c) Vladimir Propp.
(d) Graham Huggan.

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

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

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

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

12. What is described in "Pain Tours (II)" as "easier than hopeless silence but braver than flight" (154)?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Morality.
(c) Sentimentality.
(d) Irony.

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

14. When did an assistant researcher at the Tate and Lyle sugar company accidentally discover sucralose?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1962.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is defined in "Lost Boys" as "a child stolen by spirits, or else the demon left in his place" (161)?

2. Where in West Virginia does the author describe hunting for quarters in "Fog Count"?

3. Who wrote Infinite Jest?

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

5. Who did James Earl Ray assassinate?

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