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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What variation is Gallicisms replacing?
(a) Anglicismes.
(b) West Indian.
(c) Poor Lay Zanglay.
(d) For Ze Frrensh.

2. What letters are mixed up with adjoining words in Spoonerisms?
(a) The middle.
(b) The first.
(c) All of them.
(d) The last.

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

4. How is Telegraphic signed?
(a) Raymond.
(b) Dr. Queneau.
(c) Arcturus.
(d) Barbara.

5. What publication is the translation based on?
(a) The original 1947 English.
(b) The original 1947 French.
(c) The original 1952 Greek.
(d) The original 1946 British.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what origin are many of the words in Hellenisms?

2. What word is frequently seen in Speaking Personally?

3. What is one characteristic of Telegraphic?

4. What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza of Sonnet?

5. What is unusual about Anagrams?

(see the answer key)

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