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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 zipper.
(c) A button.
(d) A hole at the shoulder.

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

3. What is the first variation given in Exercises in Style?
(a) Tactile.
(b) Notation.
(c) Sonnet.
(d) Alexandrines.

4. How many words are listed at the start of Word Game?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

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

6. How many variations of the basic story were created by 1942?
(a) 12.
(b) 3.
(c) 50.
(d) 99.

7. What publication is the translation based on?
(a) The original 1947 French.
(b) The original 1946 British.
(c) The original 1947 English.
(d) The original 1952 Greek.

8. What was one of the characteristics of the young man in Passive?
(a) A long neck.
(b) A whiny voice.
(c) A limp.
(d) An arrogant attitude.

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

10. What are the travelers called in Metaphorically?
(a) Sardines.
(b) Suits.
(c) The masses.
(d) "Them" and "They."

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

12. How much time passed in Litotes until the narrator saw the man again?
(a) An afternoon.
(b) No time is given.
(c) A day.
(d) Two hours.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many acts are in Comedy?

2. What is the last piece of information given in Retrograde?

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

4. What expertise does the witness have in Cross Examination?

5. Who is the author of Exercises in Style?

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