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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Notes for the 1981 American Paperback Edition"?
(a) Raymond Queneau.
(b) A. S. Byatt.
(c) Raymond Carver.
(d) Barbara Wright.

2. What was happening to the passengers in Passive?
(a) They were being jostled along.
(b) They were being rushed through the streets.
(c) They were being squashed together.
(d) They were being watched by the sun.

3. How is the man's overcoat described in The Rainbow?
(a) Lacking a button.
(b) Wool.
(c) Worn.
(d) Red.

4. What is the last piece of information given in Retrograde?
(a) The time of day.
(b) The description of the young man.
(c) The name of the bus.
(d) The argument between the two men.

5. How is Insistence similar to Double Entry?
(a) Both use frequent commas.
(b) Both name the narrator.
(c) Both use repetition.
(d) Both use lengthy descriptions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator of Word Game describe the man as ridiculous?

2. Where is the narrator going when he sees the man again in Alexandrines?

3. What is different about the appearance of Official Letter?

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

5. Who is the author of Exercises in Style?

(see the answer key)

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