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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the narrator of Feminine describe the man's friend?
(a) Adorable.
(b) Unintelligent-looking.
(c) Nice-looking.
(d) Snobbish.

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

4. What sense is the focus of Olfactory?
(a) Hearing.
(b) Touch.
(c) Smell.
(d) Sight.

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

6. What variation is Consequences replacing in Exercises in Style?
(a) West Indian.
(b) Anglicismes.
(c) Por devant par derriere.
(d) Poor lay Zanglay.

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

8. What variation is Gallicisms replacing?
(a) For Ze Frrensh.
(b) Anglicismes.
(c) West Indian.
(d) Poor Lay Zanglay.

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

10. What is different about the first man in Spectral?
(a) Nothing is different about him.
(b) He is a ghost.
(c) He is a dog.
(d) He is a woman.

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

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

13. How is the man's neck described in Gustatory?
(a) Rather normal.
(b) Rather long.
(c) Rather sourish.
(d) Rather unusual.

14. Why are the Permutations exercises virtually incomprehensible?
(a) The words are chosen at random.
(b) They break down the words.
(c) The words are written in French.
(d) The words are out of order in the sentences.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the man's hat described in Abusive?

2. How does the narrator of Modern Style describe the events witnessed?

3. What makes Prosthesis difficult to read?

4. What is one characteristic of Philosophic?

5. What language is used in Dog Latin?

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