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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. 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) 1945.
(b) 1936.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1926.

2. Who wrote the 1979 op-ed called "In Defense of Sentimentality"?
(a) John Irving.
(b) David Foster Wallace.
(c) Jim Fyke.
(d) Edmund Burke.

3. What Nazi commander is described as having wept at an opera staged by concentraton camp prisoners in "In Defense of Saccharin(e)"?
(a) John Irving.
(b) Jim Fyke.
(c) David Foster Wallace.
(d) Rudolf Hoess.

4. Where is Frozen Head State Park located?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) West Virginia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Michael Moore's parents?

2. Who once said, "You are a little soul carrying around a corpse" (113)?

3. Where in West Virginia does the author describe hunting for quarters in "Fog Count"?

4. Who sings the song "Sentimental Movie" that is described in "In Defense of Saccharin(e)"?

5. Where did Charlie hit bottom, getting shots at by angry dealers, according to the narrative in "Fog Count"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author describe the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men?

2. How are Michael Moore's parents described in "Lost Boys"?

3. How is Jessie's confession described in "Lost Boys"?

4. How does the author describe the word "saccharine" in the opening of "In Defense of Saccharine(e)"?

5. Who originated the Barkley Marathons? How is this individual described?

6. What did Cat tell the author about the history of West Virginia in "Fog Count"?

7. Where do the Barkley Marathons take place? How is this setting described?

8. Who wrote Almost Home? How is it described in the book?

9. What were the supplies that Julian took on the race in "The Immortal Horizon"?

10. Why did the author attend the Barkley Marathons?

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