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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who did the young man speak to, according to Litotes?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The man next to him.
(c) A seated woman.
(d) The bus driver.

4. According to Metaphorically, where did the narrator see the man again?
(a) Between the glass-adorned mountains.
(b) In a bleak, urban desert.
(c) On a concrete river some ways away.
(d) In the slanting afternoon sun.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Preface begin?

2. How many members are in the organization Raymond Queaneau is a member of?

3. How long after the bus ride is the man seen again by the narrator, according to Double Entry?

4. Why did the author stop writing variations by 1946?

5. What attracted the young man in Metaphorically?

(see the answer key)

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