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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What needs to be repaired on the man's coat?
(a) A rip in the left pocket.
(b) A button.
(c) A hole at the shoulder.
(d) A zipper.

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

3. How is the hat described in Insistence?
(a) Ridiculous.
(b) Weather-beaten.
(c) Felt.
(d) Leather.

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

5. How is the man's overcoat described in The Rainbow?
(a) Lacking a button.
(b) Worn.
(c) Wool.
(d) Red.

6. How is the man's tone described in Synchysis?
(a) Arrogant.
(b) Cowardly.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Brash.

7. Who is the translator of Exercises in Style?
(a) A. S. Byatt.
(b) There is no translator; it was written in English.
(c) Barbara Wright.
(d) Raymond Queneau.

8. What takes the place for Italianismes in the book?
(a) Official Letter.
(b) Opera English.
(c) For Ze Frrensh.
(d) Casual.

9. 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.

10. What sound is interjected throughout Homeoptotes?
(a) -ate.
(b) -ale.
(c) -ete.
(d) -ote.

11. Where did the narrator meet the man in Retrograde?
(a) The Cour de Rome.
(b) An S bus.
(c) A train station.
(d) The Louvre.

12. How is the young man described in Litotes?
(a) Ruggedly handsome.
(b) Long-necked.
(c) Not very intelligent.
(d) Plain.

13. According to the narrator in Surprises, what was the young man doing?
(a) Trying to read his map.
(b) Trying to pick a quarrel.
(c) Trying to sew a button on his lapel.
(d) Trying to find a seat on the bus.

14. What family member of the narrator is mentioned in Ignorance?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Niece.
(c) Father.
(d) Mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the young man drinking in Metaphorically?

2. How are the asides denoted in Asides?

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

4. What replaced the ribbon on the hat in Dream?

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

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