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

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

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

4. What is unusual about The Rainbow?
(a) No colors are used in the piece.
(b) It is raining.
(c) The narrator focuses on a rainbow outside rather than the events on the bus.
(d) Objects and people are given colors.

5. From where are letters and syllables missing in Apheresis?
(a) The middle of words.
(b) The ends of words.
(c) The beginnings of words.
(d) The beginnings of sentences.

6. What is the young man wearing when he is seen again in Reported Speech?
(a) A felt hat.
(b) An overcoat.
(c) A cummerbund.
(d) A vest.

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

8. Who is the author of Exercises in Style?
(a) The author is unknown.
(b) A. S. Byatt.
(c) Raymond Queneau.
(d) Barbara Wright.

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

10. What word is frequently seen in Speaking Personally?
(a) Honestly.
(b) Opinion.
(c) Speaking.
(d) Personally.

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

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

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

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

15. What is unusual about Litotes?
(a) It is very short.
(b) It tries to be overly-dramatic.
(c) The young man is named.
(d) The narrator is named.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Preface, what is Raymond Queaneau a member of?

2. What is one set of exercises mentioned in the possible exercises in style list?

3. Where did the narrator meet the man in Retrograde?

4. Where is the narrator going when he sees the man again in Alexandrines?

5. What are the travelers called in Metaphorically?

(see the answer keys)

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