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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What bus does the narrator get on in Past?
(a) Cour de Rome.
(b) Rue Chateau.
(c) Arc de Triomphe.
(d) Porte Champerret.

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

4. According to the Preface, what is Raymond Queaneau a member of?
(a) The Academie Goncourt.
(b) The Knights of Columbus.
(c) Parliament.
(d) The Romance Writers of America.

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

6. What does the friend tell the young man he should do in Word-Composition?
(a) Longisthmusical your afternoon.
(b) Give up on the plaitroundthehatted greenhorn.
(c) Whyexplain your argument.
(d) Buttonsupplement your overcoat.

7. What was the man doing two hours later in Narrative?
(a) Looking for a tailor shop.
(b) Waiting for another bus.
(c) Having a conversation.
(d) Following the second man.

8. How is Insistence similar to Double Entry?
(a) Both name the narrator.
(b) Both use lengthy descriptions.
(c) Both use frequent commas.
(d) Both use repetition.

9. Who is the narrator of Exclamations?
(a) An apathetic observer.
(b) An excited observer.
(c) The first man.
(d) The second man.

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

11. What expertise does the witness have in Cross Examination?
(a) Medical.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Psychological.
(d) Architectual.

12. How is the bus described in Negativities?
(a) An oceanic means of transport.
(b) A subterranian means of transport.
(c) A terrestrial means of transport.
(d) An aerial means of transport.

13. What should an S bus not be confused with in Distinguo?
(a) A boat.
(b) A hot daft sack.
(c) An eyesore.
(d) A trespass.

14. How does the narrator describe the man's hat in Speaking Personally?
(a) Silly.
(b) Fabulous.
(c) Ridiculous.
(d) Quaint.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the novelist in Blurb?

2. What is the third reaction given when the author of the Preface explains what work is being done?

3. What is unusual about the hat in the story?

4. Where did the narrator see the man again in Anagrams?

5. What element of the basic story is NOT mentioned in Ignorance?

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