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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How long after the bus ride is the man seen again by the narrator, according to Double Entry?
(a) That afternoon.
(b) Immediately following.
(c) The next day.
(d) Two hours.

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

4. Where did the narrator meet the man in Retrograde?
(a) The Louvre.
(b) The Cour de Rome.
(c) An S bus.
(d) A train station.

5. On what bus does the story take place?
(a) East.
(b) S.
(c) L.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one substitution made in the book from the original?

2. What is the young man drinking in Metaphorically?

3. What takes the place for Italianismes in the book?

4. Who did the young man speak to, according to Litotes?

5. What is the third reaction given when the author of the Preface explains what work is being done?

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