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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Blake Wood's profession?
(a) He is an investment banker.
(b) He is a limousine driver.
(c) He is a news reporter.
(d) He is a nuclear engineer.

3. Who is "the little girl who hates evil" (145) in "Fog Count"?
(a) Anna.
(b) Marie.
(c) Caitlin.
(d) Jessica.

4. 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) Brett Maune.
(b) Jim Fyke.
(c) Roger Watts.
(d) Graham Huggan.

5. From what writer did Charlie pick up the notion of "inner mobility" (147), according to the author in "Fog Count"?
(a) Vladimir Propp.
(b) Jack London.
(c) John Irving.
(d) Edmund Burke.

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

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

8. What memoir was published by Damien in 2005, according to the author in "Lost Boys"?
(a) Lost Boys.
(b) Caged Animal.
(c) Almost Normal.
(d) Almost Home.

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

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

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

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

13. In the author's assessment of Frida Kahlo's works she calls what color "the undergarments of ghosts" (152)?
(a) Bright yellow.
(b) Dark crimson.
(c) Coral.
(d) Dusty pink.

14. Who wrote "What is Wrong with Sentimentality?"
(a) Mark Jefferson.
(b) James Wood.
(c) Michael Tanner.
(d) Adam Smith.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Frida Kahlo when a streetcar's handrail rammed through her body, injuring her?

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"?

3. What IQ is Jeesie said to have in "Lost Boys"?

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

5. How many entrants are allowed to run in the Barkley Marathons each year?

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