Exercises in Style Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Exercises in Style Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what bus does the story take place?
(a) L.
(b) S.
(c) 9.
(d) East.

2. What is different about the appearance of Official Letter?
(a) The margins.
(b) The font size.
(c) The typeface.
(d) The orientation of the page.

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

4. How is the hat described in Insistence?
(a) Ridiculous.
(b) Weather-beaten.
(c) Leather.
(d) Felt.

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

6. At what time of day does the story take place, according to Double Entry?
(a) Before the sun set.
(b) Sometime after ten.
(c) Rush hour.
(d) Mid-day.

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

8. Where did the man throw himself in Dream?
(a) Into a seat.
(b) At the other man.
(c) Off the bus.
(d) Into a corridor.

9. 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.

10. What exercise does Cockney replace in Exercises in Style?
(a) Southern Drawl.
(b) Brogue.
(c) Mandarin.
(d) Vulgaire.

11. Who did the young man speak to, according to Litotes?
(a) The man next to him.
(b) The narrator.
(c) A seated woman.
(d) The bus driver.

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

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

14. 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.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attracted the young man in Metaphorically?

2. According to the narrator in Surprises, what was the young man doing?

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

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

5. How is the man's tone described in Synchysis?

(see the answer keys)

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