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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the friend tell the young man he should do in Word-Composition?
(a) Longisthmusical your afternoon.
(b) Give up on the plaitroundthehatted greenhorn.
(c) Whyexplain your argument.
(d) Buttonsupplement your overcoat.

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

3. Why are the Permutations exercises virtually incomprehensible?
(a) The words are chosen at random.
(b) The words are written in French.
(c) They break down the words.
(d) The words are out of order in the sentences.

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

5. How many members are in the organization Raymond Queaneau is a member of?
(a) There is not an exact number.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 10.
(d) 400.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the poetic form used in Alexandrines.

2. What is one characteristic of Telegraphic?

3. How is the bus described in Negativities?

4. What makes Prosthesis difficult to read?

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

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