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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Preface, what does the Paris metro smell like?
(a) Lemons.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Petrol.
(d) Garlic.

2. How is the hat described in Retrograde?
(a) Felt.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Sharp.
(d) Unusual.

3. How is the altercation described in Negativities?
(a) A scuffle.
(b) A discussion.
(c) A procession.
(d) A brawl.

4. How are the asides denoted in Asides?
(a) By capitalizing them.
(b) By bolding them.
(c) By underlining them.
(d) By italics.

5. Who is the narrator of Another Subjectivity?
(a) A woman on the bus.
(b) The young man.
(c) The second man.
(d) The bus driver.

6. Why does the narrator of Word Game describe the man as ridiculous?
(a) He is not wearing galoshes.
(b) He is carrying a pigeon.
(c) He is dressed for the opera.
(d) He is not carrying a bayonet.

7. What was the young man's complaint in Word-Composition?
(a) You're massitudinarily in the aisle.
(b) You're lutetioing me.
(c) You're jostleseeming me.
(d) You're lazaresquaring me.

8. What interjection is included frequently in You Know?
(a) Know what I mean?
(b) You know.
(c) Do you know?
(d) I know.

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

10. What is the point of view of Present?
(a) Second-person present tense.
(b) Third-person present tense.
(c) First-person present tense.
(d) Third-person past tense.

11. Who did the young man speak to, according to Litotes?
(a) The bus driver.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The man next to him.
(d) A seated woman.

12. What word is frequently seen in Speaking Personally?
(a) Personally.
(b) Speaking.
(c) Opinion.
(d) Honestly.

13. Who wrote "Notes for the 1981 American Paperback Edition"?
(a) Raymond Carver.
(b) Raymond Queneau.
(c) A. S. Byatt.
(d) Barbara Wright.

14. What word is misspelled and corrected in Official Letter?
(a) Animation.
(b) Provoke.
(c) Addendum.
(d) Exaggerated.

15. What element of the basic story is NOT mentioned in Ignorance?
(a) The button.
(b) The hat.
(c) The S bus.
(d) The first man.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Preface, what is Raymond Queaneau a member of?

2. Where should the man add a button, according to Exclamations?

3. What attracted the young man in Metaphorically?

4. Who is the author of Exercises in Style?

5. How is Insistence similar to Double Entry?

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