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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is personified in Noble?
(a) Discord.
(b) Courage.
(c) The man's toes.
(d) The hat.

2. How are the asides denoted in Asides?
(a) By bolding them.
(b) By underlining them.
(c) By italics.
(d) By capitalizing them.

3. How is the hat described in Retrograde?
(a) Felt.
(b) Unusual.
(c) Sharp.
(d) Ridiculous.

4. Why does the narrator of Word Game describe the man as ridiculous?
(a) He is dressed for the opera.
(b) He is not wearing galoshes.
(c) He is carrying a pigeon.
(d) He is not carrying a bayonet.

5. Who is the author of Exercises in Style?
(a) The author is unknown.
(b) Raymond Queneau.
(c) Barbara Wright.
(d) A. S. Byatt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were on the bus in Hesitation?

2. How is the voice of the man described in Insistence?

3. What bus does the narrator get on in Past?

4. What is the point of view of Present?

5. What was the man talking about with a friend later, according to Litotes?

(see the answer key)

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