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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the focus of Animism?
(a) The first man's hat.
(b) The second man's shoes.
(c) The first man's overcoat.
(d) The bus driver's seat.

2. Where is the narrator going when he sees the man again in Alexandrines?
(a) Cour de Rome.
(b) To London.
(c) Home.
(d) The Latin Quarter.

3. How did the argument end in Hesitation?
(a) In a draw.
(b) It didn't.
(c) With a dramatic flourish.
(d) A commonplace way.

4. What is the narrator not displeased with in The Subjective Side?
(a) The weather.
(b) The state of affairs in his hometown.
(c) His attire that day.
(d) His wife.

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

6. What comparison does the narrator make about himself in Noble?
(a) Red Indian.
(b) Frenchman.
(c) American.
(d) East Indian.

7. What should a newcomer not be confused with in Distinguo?
(a) An applauded cat.
(b) The woman.
(c) A cute number.
(d) Lacerated the display.

8. What similarity does The Subjective Side share with Retrograde?
(a) The two versions share a narrator.
(b) Both are told in reverse.
(c) Both give the name of the young man.
(d) Both include many quotations.

9. What is the poetic form used in Alexandrines.
(a) Sonnet.
(b) Ode.
(c) Free verse.
(d) Haiku.

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

11. What is the young man drinking in Metaphorically?
(a) Hope.
(b) Espresso.
(c) Humiliation.
(d) Scotch.

12. What attracted the young man in Metaphorically?
(a) The smell of croissants.
(b) A young woman.
(c) The park.
(d) A void.

13. From where are letters and syllables missing in Apheresis?
(a) The beginnings of words.
(b) The ends of words.
(c) The middle of words.
(d) The beginnings of sentences.

14. What is personified in Noble?
(a) Discord.
(b) Courage.
(c) The man's toes.
(d) The hat.

15. How many variations of the basic story were created by 1946?
(a) 3.
(b) 99.
(c) 12.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the translator of Exercises in Style?

2. How many words are listed at the start of Word Game?

3. What does the friend tell the young man he should do in Word-Composition?

4. What is one set of exercises mentioned in the possible exercises in style list?

5. What are the only things that never meet, according to the narrator of Speaking Personally?

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