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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is true about the words used in More or Less?
(a) They are written in random order.
(b) They are real words.
(c) They are made-up words.
(d) The letters are out of order in each word.

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

3. Why is the narrator of Feminine irritated at the other passengers?
(a) They all expect the narrator to give them a seat.
(b) None of them say hello to the narrator.
(c) They are all talking loudly.
(d) None of them offer a seat to the narrator.

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

11. 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.

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

13. What is West Indian replacing in Exercises in Style?
(a) Villanelle.
(b) Italianismes.
(c) Paysan.
(d) Vacation.

14. What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza of Sonnet?
(a) ABBA
(b) AABB
(c) ABAB
(d) ABCA

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Monseiur Andre in Ode?

3. What is one characteristic of Parts of Speech?

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

5. How is the man's head described in Auditory?

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