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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many members are in the organization Raymond Queaneau is a member of?
(a) 10.
(b) 400.
(c) There is not an exact number.
(d) 3,000.

2. 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) "Ah."
(c) "Okay."
(d) "Can I read it?"

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

4. How is the man's neck described in Prognostication?
(a) Ridiculously long.
(b) Giraffe-like.
(c) Like a swan's.
(d) Skeleton-like.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word replaces all personal nouns and pronouns in Polyptotes?

2. According to the Preface, what does the Paris metro smell like?

3. How many words are listed at the start of Word Game?

4. Why does the narrator of Word Game describe the man as ridiculous?

5. How many exercises are included in a list of "possible exercises in style"?

(see the answer key)

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