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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Ode unique compared to all other variations in Exercises in Style?
(a) It includes musical accompaniment.
(b) It is the inspiration for a collection of poems by Queneau.
(c) It includes illustrations.
(d) It tells the story from the perspective of the second man.

2. What is one characteristic of Casual?
(a) Vivid descriptions.
(b) Long paragraphs.
(c) Visual comedy.
(d) Frequent dialogue.

3. How is the bus identified in Proper Names?
(a) Leo.
(b) Josephine.
(c) Derby.
(d) Cicero.

4. In what style is Spectral written?
(a) Gothic novel.
(b) Science fiction novel.
(c) Villanelle.
(d) Sonnet.

5. How many acts are in Opera English?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

6. What makes Epenthesis difficult to read?
(a) Letters added to the middles of the words.
(b) Letters added to the beginnings of the words.
(c) Letters added to the ends of the words.
(d) Letters omitted from the ends of the words.

7. How are the passengers described in Medical?
(a) Ambulance chasers.
(b) Charts.
(c) Stretcher cases.
(d) Patients.

8. How are the man's feet described in Free Verse?
(a) Flat.
(b) Weary.
(c) Abused.
(d) Trodden.

9. How is the overcoat described in Visual?
(a) Rasping with the movement of walking.
(b) Itchy.
(c) Navy blue.
(d) Musty, like the back of a closet after a long summer.

10. To what animal is the man's neck compared in Zoological?
(a) Ostrich.
(b) Giraffe.
(c) Snake.
(d) Swan.

11. What letters are mixed up with adjoining words in Spoonerisms?
(a) The first.
(b) The last.
(c) All of them.
(d) The middle.

12. What variation is Back Slang replacing in Exercises in Style?
(a) Anglicismes.
(b) Loucherbem.
(c) Italianismes.
(d) Javanais.

13. What is used throughout Futile?
(a) Rhyme.
(b) Rich descriptions.
(c) Clipped phrases.
(d) Rhetorical questions.

14. How is the man's hat described in Abusive?
(a) Ridiculous.
(b) Gaudy.
(c) Stinking.
(d) Grotesque.

15. What variation is For Ze Frrensh replacing in Exercises in Style?
(a) West Indian.
(b) Poor Lay Zanglay.
(c) Anglicismes.
(d) Italianismes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with the button in Philosophic?

2. What sound is interjected throughout Parechesis?

3. How many lines are in Haiku?

4. What sense is the focus of Olfactory?

5. Who is revealed to be the young man's friend in Unexpected?

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