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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many variations of the basic story were created by 1942?
(a) 3.
(b) 50.
(c) 12.
(d) 99.
2. How many words are listed at the start of Word Game?
(a) Seven.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) Five.
3. What is unusual about Precision?
(a) There are no details given.
(b) The details are very exact.
(c) The description of the man's hat is a paragraph long.
(d) The details are very vague.
4. How does the narrator describe the man's hat in Speaking Personally?
(a) Quaint.
(b) Fabulous.
(c) Silly.
(d) Ridiculous.
5. What was one of the characteristics of the young man in Passive?
(a) An arrogant attitude.
(b) A limp.
(c) A whiny voice.
(d) A long neck.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the focus of Animism?
2. How is the voice of the man described in Insistence?
3. What exercise does Cockney replace in Exercises in Style?
4. According to the Preface, what does the Paris metro smell like?
5. Where is the narrator going when he sees the man again in Alexandrines?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do the events occur in the variation "Retrograde?"
2. In the Preface, what does Queneau say is his purpose in writing Exercises in Style? What did Queneau say the finished product acts as?
3. What is a metaphor, and how does it apply to the variation titled "Metaphorically?"
4. What is common among the narrators in "Speaking Personally," "Exclamations," and "You Know?"
5. Why are the details in the variation "Dream" vague?
6. Explain the basic story in Exercises in Style.
7. Explain how Exercises in Style evolved into what it is in the book. Does the author have any future plans for Exercises in Style?
8. Explain the variation "Cross Examination."
9. What do you learn about the narrator of "Ignorance" from reading the variation?
10. Why does the author use a different typeface in "Official Letter?"
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