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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What family member of the narrator is mentioned in Ignorance?
(a) Mother.
(b) Father.
(c) Grandfather.
(d) Niece.

3. What is the third reaction given when the author of the Preface explains what work is being done?
(a) "How long have you been working on that?"
(b) "Okay."
(c) "Ah."
(d) "Can I read it?"

4. What is the point of view of Present?
(a) Third-person past tense.
(b) Second-person present tense.
(c) First-person present tense.
(d) Third-person present tense.

5. How much time passed in Litotes until the narrator saw the man again?
(a) An afternoon.
(b) Two hours.
(c) No time is given.
(d) A day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about the appearance of Official Letter?

2. How are the man's fingers described in Present?

3. What is unusual about Litotes?

4. Where did the narrator see the man again in Anagrams?

5. How is the man's neck described in Prognostication?

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