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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the number of the bus in Narrative?
(a) 19.
(b) 84.
(c) 7.
(d) 11.

2. Why did the author stop writing variations by 1946?
(a) He judged the number to be sufficient.
(b) He ran out of ideas for variations.
(c) He sold the variations that were written to a publisher.
(d) He died.

3. What is the prominent feature in Surprises?
(a) Question marks.
(b) Exclamation points.
(c) Quotations.
(d) Dashes.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the man talking about with a friend later, according to Litotes?

2. What makes Synchysis more difficult to read?

3. How are the asides denoted in Asides?

4. What is one substitution made in the book from the original?

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

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