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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is the maid in Madame Bovary?
(a) Emily.
(b) Margot.
(c) Maria.
(d) Felicite.
2. Who wrote Infinite Jest?
(a) Edmund Burke.
(b) Jim Fyke.
(c) David Foster Wallace.
(d) John Irving.
3. Who sings the song "Sentimental Movie" that is described in "In Defense of Saccharin(e)"?
(a) Axl Rose.
(b) Michael Jackson.
(c) Billy Joel.
(d) Prince.
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) Graham Huggan.
(b) Jim Fyke.
(c) Roger Watts.
(d) Brett Maune.
5. Where did the author first meet Charlie Engle?
(a) The Barkley Marathons.
(b) The Boston Marathon.
(c) The Dipsea Race.
(d) The Niagara Falls Marathon.
Short Answer Questions
1. What philosopher calls sentimentality a "disease of the feelings" (115)?
2. Who wrote the review titled "Tides of Treacle" that is quoted in "In Defense of Saccharin(e)"?
3. What does the author assert James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men is ultimately about, in "Pain Tours (II)"?
4. The word "saccharine" traces back to what Sanskrit word?
5. What is the entry fee for the Barkley Marathons?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who originated the Barkley Marathons? How is this individual described?
2. Why did the author attend the Barkley Marathons?
3. How does the author describe the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men?
4. What did Cat tell the author about the history of West Virginia in "Fog Count"?
5. What are some of the examples of wounded women described by the author in "Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain"?
6. What does the author describe the maid doing in Madame Bovary in "In Defense of Saccharine(e)"?
7. Who wrote Almost Home? How is it described in the book?
8. How does the author describe the line between pathos and melodrama in "In Defense of Saccharine(e)"?
9. How are Michael Moore's parents described in "Lost Boys"?
10. How is Pam Hobbs described in "Lost Boys"?
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