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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was happening to the passengers in Passive?
(a) They were being squashed together.
(b) They were being jostled along.
(c) They were being rushed through the streets.
(d) They were being watched by the sun.

2. What is the overall impression of the novel, according to Blurb?
(a) Creative.
(b) Charming.
(c) Fun.
(d) Fantastical.

3. Where did the narrator see the man again in Anagrams?
(a) Cuor ed More.
(b) Prisa, Cenfar.
(c) Acanl Etrets.
(d) Fliefle Trewo.

4. How many acts are in Comedy?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

5. What is the Preface based on?
(a) A letter by Barbara Wright.
(b) A letter by Raymond Queneau.
(c) The basic story of Exercises in Style.
(d) A talk given in 1958.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Preface begin?

2. According to Metaphorically, where did the narrator see the man again?

3. What is the name of the novelist in Blurb?

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

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

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