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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where are letters and syllables missing in Syncope?
(a) The beginning of sentences.
(b) The middle of words.
(c) The beginning of words.
(d) The end of words.

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

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

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

5. What is unusual about Prognostication?
(a) It is written as it is happening.
(b) There is no linear story.
(c) It is written in French.
(d) It is written as if it hadn't happened yet.

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

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

8. What makes Synchysis more difficult to read?
(a) There are no articles in the piece.
(b) The narrator is a young child.
(c) Every letter "s" is substituted with the letter "c".
(d) Sentence structure is broken down.

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

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

11. What needed to be added to the man's overcoat in Homeoptotes?
(a) Buttale.
(b) Buttete.
(c) Buttate.
(d) Buttote.

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

13. 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 not carrying a bayonet.
(d) He is dressed for the opera.

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

15. What complaint does the man have in Polyptotes?
(a) His shoulder is being wrenched.
(b) His neck is being twisted.
(c) His ribs are being jabbed into.
(d) His toes are being treaded on.

Short Answer Questions

1. From where are letters and syllables missing in Apocope?

2. What is unusual about Litotes?

3. How many acts are in Comedy?

4. How does the narrator describe the man's hat in Speaking Personally?

5. What should a newcomer not be confused with in Distinguo?

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