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

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

3. What are the travelers called in Metaphorically?
(a) "Them" and "They."
(b) The masses.
(c) Suits.
(d) Sardines.

4. What is unusual about the hat in the story?
(a) It has a ribbon.
(b) It is felt.
(c) It is being worn during the day.
(d) It has a cord.

5. What publication is the translation based on?
(a) The original 1946 British.
(b) The original 1947 English.
(c) The original 1952 Greek.
(d) The original 1947 French.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attracted the young man in Metaphorically?

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

3. Where did the narrator meet the man in Retrograde?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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