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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Preface, what does the Paris metro smell like?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Lemons.
(c) Petrol.
(d) Garlic.

2. What is the Preface based on?
(a) The basic story of Exercises in Style.
(b) A letter by Raymond Queneau.
(c) A talk given in 1958.
(d) A letter by Barbara Wright.

3. According to the Preface, what is Raymond Queaneau a member of?
(a) The Academie Goncourt.
(b) The Romance Writers of America.
(c) The Knights of Columbus.
(d) Parliament.

4. At what time of day does the story take place, according to Double Entry?
(a) Sometime after ten.
(b) Rush hour.
(c) Before the sun set.
(d) Mid-day.

5. How is the bus described in Negativities?
(a) A subterranian means of transport.
(b) An oceanic means of transport.
(c) A terrestrial means of transport.
(d) An aerial means of transport.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should an S bus not be confused with in Distinguo?

2. What sound is interjected throughout Homeoptotes?

3. According to the narrator in Surprises, what was the young man doing?

4. What is unusual about The Rainbow?

5. How is the man's tone described in Synchysis?

(see the answer key)

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