3. According to the narrator of Awkward, what is the most difficult part of writing the story?
(a) The denouement.
(b) The exposition.
(c) The climax.
(d) The transition.

4. What is used throughout Futile?
(a) Clipped phrases.
(b) Rhyme.
(c) Rhetorical questions.
(d) Rich descriptions.

5. How is the man's head described in Auditory?
(a) A melon.
(b) A balloon, disguised with feathery hair.
(c) A coconut.
(d) A bongo.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the bus described in Tactile?

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

3. Why is the narrator of Feminine irritated at the other passengers?

4. What is one characteristic of Philosophic?

5. How does the narrator describe the bus conductor in Reactionary?

Short Essay Questions

1. What elements of the variation "Spectral" make it gothic?

2. What makes the variation "Abusive" so confrontational?

3. What makes the variation "Awkward" seem awkward?

4. Why does Raymond Queneau include variations containing unintelligible words and phrases, such as in the "Permutations" variations?

5. What is a haiku and how is it used in Exercises in Style?

6. Why is the variation "For Ze Frrensh" considered comical? Why is this variation put in place of "Poor lay Zanglay" in the English version of Exercises in Style?

7. Why are the variations in Section 8 put together?

8. What is apostrophe in literature? How is it used in the variation "Apostrophe?"

9. Explain how the basic story is changed in "Antiphrasis."

10. Explain the variation "Reactionary," and why it is titled "Reactionary."

(see the answer keys)

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