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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. From where are letters and syllables missing in Apocope?
(a) The beginning of words.
(b) The beginning of sentences.
(c) The middle of words.
(d) The end of words.

4. What exercise does Cockney replace in Exercises in Style?
(a) Mandarin.
(b) Brogue.
(c) Vulgaire.
(d) Southern Drawl.

5. Who told the story to the narrator of Reported Speech?
(a) Barbara Wright.
(b) The young man.
(c) The second man.
(d) Dr. Queneau.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the hat in the story?

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

3. Who did the young man speak to, according to Litotes?

4. How is the bus described in Negativities?

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

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