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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What Beatles' song does the author describe hearing on the loudspeakers at a Bolivian supermarket in 2007 in "Pain Tours (II)"?
(a) "Yellow Submarine."
(b) "Hey Madonna."
(c) "Hey Jude."
(d) "Black Bird."

3. What does the author say she has an entire trash can in her kitchen full of in "In Defense of Saccharin(e)"?
(a) Empty artificial sweetener packets.
(b) Empty Oreo cookie packages.
(c) Empty Diet Coke cans.
(d) Empty Girl Scout cookie boxes.

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

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

6. What is the entry fee for the Barkley Marathons?
(a) $14.
(b) $12.50.
(c) $1.60.
(d) $65.

7. What was Lazarus Lake's name when he was born?
(a) Andrew Ross.
(b) Michael Moore.
(c) James Watson.
(d) Gary Cantrell.

8. What is the title of the first section of "Pain Tours (II)"?
(a) "San Ysidro."
(b) "Sublime, Revisited."
(c) "La Plata Perdida."
(d) "Ex-Votos."

9. Who is said to have completed the Barkley Marathon that the author attended in "The Immortal Horizon"?
(a) Blake.
(b) Roger.
(c) JB.
(d) Julian.

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

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

12. 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) 1931.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1945.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the story "Wrack"?

2. Who are Michael Moore's parents?

3. When was Charlie convicted, according to the author in "Fog Count"?

4. What is the title of the second section in "Pain Tours (II)"?

5. 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"?

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