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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the last piece of information given in Retrograde?
(a) The time of day.
(b) The description of the young man.
(c) The argument between the two men.
(d) The name of the bus.

4. What variation is included in the Notes section "for free"?
(a) Tanka.
(b) Visual Poem.
(c) Epithet.
(d) Villanelle.

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

6. How are the asides denoted in Asides?
(a) By bolding them.
(b) By capitalizing them.
(c) By underlining them.
(d) By italics.

7. What is the Preface based on?
(a) A letter by Raymond Queneau.
(b) A letter by Barbara Wright.
(c) The basic story of Exercises in Style.
(d) A talk given in 1958.

8. What is unusual about Anagrams?
(a) The words in each sentence are rearranged.
(b) The letters of the words are rearranged.
(c) The order of the story is rearranged.
(d) The paragraphs are rearranged.

9. What is one substitution made in the book from the original?
(a) Gustatory.
(b) West Indian.
(c) Haiku.
(d) Dream.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What publication is the translation based on?

2. From what nation does the accent in Cockney come?

3. What are the travelers called in Metaphorically?

4. How much time passed in Litotes until the narrator saw the man again?

5. What word is frequently seen in Speaking Personally?

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