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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is one set of exercises mentioned in the possible exercises in style list?
(a) The Seven Deadly Sins.
(b) The Psalms.
(c) The Days of the Week.
(d) A Day in the Life of a Writer.

3. What word replaces all personal nouns and pronouns in Polyptotes?
(a) Taxpayer.
(b) Animal.
(c) Passenger.
(d) Human.

4. How does the narrator describe the man's hat in Speaking Personally?
(a) Ridiculous.
(b) Quaint.
(c) Fabulous.
(d) Silly.

5. What is unusual about Precision?
(a) The details are very exact.
(b) The description of the man's hat is a paragraph long.
(c) There are no details given.
(d) The details are very vague.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Synchysis more difficult to read?

2. Why did the author stop writing variations by 1946?

3. From where are letters and syllables missing in Syncope?

4. How is the man's overcoat described in The Rainbow?

5. What were on the bus in Hesitation?

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