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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the hat described in Retrograde?
(a) Felt.
(b) Sharp.
(c) Unusual.
(d) Ridiculous.

2. How is the young man described in Litotes?
(a) Long-necked.
(b) Not very intelligent.
(c) Plain.
(d) Ruggedly handsome.

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

4. Who is the translator of Exercises in Style?
(a) Raymond Queneau.
(b) A. S. Byatt.
(c) There is no translator; it was written in English.
(d) Barbara Wright.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time passed in Litotes until the narrator saw the man again?

2. Who wrote "Notes for the 1981 American Paperback Edition"?

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

4. What attracted the young man in Metaphorically?

5. What is the Preface based on?

(see the answer key)

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