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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of Exercises in Style?
(a) Barbara Wright.
(b) A. S. Byatt.
(c) The author is unknown.
(d) Raymond Queneau.

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

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

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

5. What is one substitution made in the book from the original?
(a) West Indian.
(b) Dream.
(c) Gustatory.
(d) Haiku.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is unusual about Litotes?

3. What is one set of exercises mentioned in the possible exercises in style list?

4. How is the hat described in Retrograde?

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

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