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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the first variation given in Exercises in Style?
(a) Alexandrines.
(b) Notation.
(c) Sonnet.
(d) Tactile.
2. What interjection is included frequently in You Know?
(a) I know.
(b) You know.
(c) Know what I mean?
(d) Do you know?
3. Who is the narrator of Exclamations?
(a) An excited observer.
(b) The second man.
(c) The first man.
(d) An apathetic observer.
4. What exercise does Cockney replace in Exercises in Style?
(a) Brogue.
(b) Southern Drawl.
(c) Mandarin.
(d) Vulgaire.
5. How is the hat described in Insistence?
(a) Felt.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Weather-beaten.
(d) Leather.
6. What is the number of the bus in Narrative?
(a) 11.
(b) 84.
(c) 7.
(d) 19.
7. How many acts are in Comedy?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.
8. What bus does the narrator get on in Past?
(a) Rue Chateau.
(b) Porte Champerret.
(c) Arc de Triomphe.
(d) Cour de Rome.
9. Who wrote "Notes for the 1981 American Paperback Edition"?
(a) Raymond Queneau.
(b) Barbara Wright.
(c) A. S. Byatt.
(d) Raymond Carver.
10. What is unusual about Precision?
(a) There are no details given.
(b) The details are very exact.
(c) The description of the man's hat is a paragraph long.
(d) The details are very vague.
11. What is the prominent feature in Surprises?
(a) Exclamation points.
(b) Quotations.
(c) Dashes.
(d) Question marks.
12. How many members are in the organization Raymond Queaneau is a member of?
(a) There is not an exact number.
(b) 3,000.
(c) 10.
(d) 400.
13. How is the young man described in Litotes?
(a) Long-necked.
(b) Ruggedly handsome.
(c) Plain.
(d) Not very intelligent.
14. What is unusual about the hat in the story?
(a) It is being worn during the day.
(b) It has a ribbon.
(c) It is felt.
(d) It has a cord.
15. What was happening to the passengers in Passive?
(a) They were being squashed together.
(b) They were being rushed through the streets.
(c) They were being jostled along.
(d) They were being watched by the sun.
Short Answer Questions
1. What comparison does the narrator make about himself in Noble?
2. What is the point of view of Present?
3. What was the man talking about with a friend later, according to Litotes?
4. What variation is included in the Notes section "for free"?
5. How is the man's neck described in Noble?
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