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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sense is the focus of Gustatory?
(a) Smell.
(b) Taste.
(c) Touch.
(d) Sight.

2. What terminology is used in Gastronomical?
(a) Medical.
(b) Coffee-related.
(c) Words and phrases dealing with gaseous elements.
(d) Food-related.

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

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

5. What is characteristic about the events in Antiphrasis?
(a) They are described in the exact reverse order of the basic story.
(b) They are described as the opposite of the basic story.
(c) The events are believed to have occurred several times already.
(d) There are no events described in Antiphrasis.

6. What language is English blended with in Gallicisms?
(a) Spanish.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) West Indian.

7. What variation is Opera English replacing in Exercises in Style?
(a) Italianismes.
(b) West Indian.
(c) Anglicismes.
(d) Javanais.

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

9. How does the narrator of Modern Style describe the events witnessed?
(a) A farce.
(b) A comedy.
(c) A tragi-comedy.
(d) A tragedy.

10. What is the variation Rhyming Slang replacing in Exercises in Style?
(a) Por devant par derriere.
(b) Anglicismes.
(c) Poor lay Zanglay.
(d) Loucherbem.

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

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

13. From what origin are many of the words in Hellenisms?
(a) Latin.
(b) Anglo-Saxon.
(c) Greek.
(d) French.

14. What does the rhyming slang replace in Rhyming Slang?
(a) Nouns.
(b) Verbs.
(c) Adjectives.
(d) Adverbs.

15. How is the man's neck described in Olfactory?
(a) Long and juvenile.
(b) Disturbingly long.
(c) Swan-like.
(d) Giraffe-like.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one characteristic of Telegraphic?

2. What animal describes the young man in Portrait?

3. How are the passengers described in Medical?

4. How are the words written in For Ze Frrensh?

5. What variation is For Ze Frrensh replacing in Exercises in Style?

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