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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what day of the week does the author describe visiting Charlie in prison in "Fog Count"?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Tuesday.
(d) Monday.

2. When did Fortune magazine tell Agee to write a journalistic piece about sharecroppers in the Deep South, according to the author in "Pain Tours (II)"?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1945.

3. Who wrote "The Revolutionists Stop for Orangeade"?
(a) Jim Fyke.
(b) John Irving.
(c) Wallace Stevens.
(d) David Foster Wallace.

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

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

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

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

8. Who wrote Infinite Jest?
(a) Edmund Burke.
(b) John Irving.
(c) David Foster Wallace.
(d) Jim Fyke.

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

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

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

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

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

14. Who is the mother of Steve Branch?
(a) Jessica Watts.
(b) Amy Wilson.
(c) Emily Moore.
(d) Pam Hobbs.

15. The word "saccharine" traces back to what Sanskrit word?
(a) Schya.
(b) Sukla.
(c) Syracura.
(d) Sarkara.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is the traditional festival of Alasitas celebrated in La Paz?

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

3. What Nazi commander is described as having wept at an opera staged by concentraton camp prisoners in "In Defense of Saccharin(e)"?

4. What was the sentence that Charlie was given, according to the author in "Fog Count"?

5. Who wrote "Tragedy is second-hand" (157), according to the author in "Pain Tours (II)"?

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