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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the gender of the narrator of Feminine?
(a) The gender is not known.
(b) Male.
(c) Female.
(d) There are two narrators: male and female.

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

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

4. What tinges the hat's plaited cord in Gustatory?
(a) The flavor of cocoa.
(b) The leathery feel of weather.
(c) The dingy look of being used too long.
(d) The sweet smell of sweat in the city.

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

6. What literary form is Free Verse?
(a) Essay.
(b) Play.
(c) Short story.
(d) Poetry.

7. What sense is the focus of Auditory?
(a) Hearing.
(b) Taste.
(c) Smell.
(d) Sight.

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

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

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

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

12. What does the narrator of Biased notice about the nearby passengers?
(a) They are all male.
(b) They are all carrying briefcases.
(c) They are all female.
(d) They are all reading newspapers.

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

14. How many lines are in Haiku?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

15. How is the bus described in Visual?
(a) Low and rumbling, like approaching thunder.
(b) Green.
(c) Metallic-tasting, like a fork.
(d) Hard and cold, like ice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of Reactionary describe the man's friend when he sees them later?

2. What letters are mixed up with adjoining words in Spoonerisms?

3. How does the narrator describe the bus conductor in Reactionary?

4. How does the narrator of Feminine describe the man's friend?

5. What variation is Gallicisms replacing?

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