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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the maid in Madame Bovary?
(a) Emily.
(b) Margot.
(c) Maria.
(d) Felicite.

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

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

4. When did James Earl Ray escape from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary?
(a) July 2, 1978.
(b) June 11, 1977.
(c) March 2, 1975.
(d) May 12, 1976.

5. What is the title of the second section in "Lost Boys"?
(a) "Ex-Votos."
(b) "San Ysidro."
(c) "Sublime, Revisited."
(d) "The Case."

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

7. When were the bodies of Steven Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore discovered?
(a) July 4, 1995.
(b) March 12, 1995.
(c) May 3, 1994.
(d) May 6, 1993.

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

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

10. Who wrote the story "Wrack"?
(a) Donald Barthelme.
(b) John Irving.
(c) David Foster Wallace.
(d) Jim Fyke.

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

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

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

14. In what Arkansas town were the bodies of Steven Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore discovered?
(a) Malvern.
(b) Little Rock.
(c) Bentonville.
(d) West Memphis.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What novel does the author say she cannot help but think of when looking at Lazarus Lake in "The Immortal Horizon"?

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

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