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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Prosthesis difficult to read?

2. According to the narrator of Probabilist, what is not likely to occur?

3. How is the overcoat described in Visual?

4. How are the events related in Mathematical?

5. What sense is the focus of Gustatory?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the style of the variation "Modern Style?" How do you know?

2. Why do you think the author includes the variation "Feminine?"

3. 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?

4. Explain how the author can write the variation "Gustatory" without tasting anything that happens in the story?

5. What does the author do to the basic story in the variation "Parts of Speech?"

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

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

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

9. Explain the variation "Olfactory."

10. What affect does "Proper Noun" create by replacing common nouns with proper names?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the author break down language--phrases and words--in the variations? What is the affect this process has?

Essay Topic 2

Which of the variations is the most complex? Why? Use examples from the variations to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast "Alexandrines" and "Sonnet," paying close attention to the forms of the sonnets.

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