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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. What expertise does the witness have in Cross Examination?
(a) Architectual.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Psychological.
(d) Medical.

2. How is the altercation described in Negativities?
(a) A procession.
(b) A brawl.
(c) A scuffle.
(d) A discussion.

3. Who is the author of Exercises in Style?
(a) Barbara Wright.
(b) Raymond Queneau.
(c) The author is unknown.
(d) A. S. Byatt.

4. What is the number of the bus in Narrative?
(a) 19.
(b) 7.
(c) 84.
(d) 11.

5. Who wrote "Notes for the 1981 American Paperback Edition"?
(a) Raymond Carver.
(b) Raymond Queneau.
(c) A. S. Byatt.
(d) Barbara Wright.

Short Answer Questions

1. What needed to be added to the man's overcoat in Homeoptotes?

2. How many words are listed at the start of Word Game?

3. What were on the bus in Hesitation?

4. What publication is the translation based on?

5. How are the man's fingers described in Present?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you learn about the narrator of "Ignorance" from reading the variation?

2. Explain the basic story in Exercises in Style.

3. What does the use of onomatopoeia in the variation "Onomatopoeia" accomplish for the reader?

4. What does "Another Subjectivity" reveal about the relationship between the young man and the second man?

5. What is a metaphor, and how does it apply to the variation titled "Metaphorically?"

6. Explain the style used in the variation "Prognostication."

7. Why do you think the variation "Noble" is titled "Noble?"

8. What is an Alexandrine sonnet, and what are the rhyme scheme and meter used in "Alexandrines?"

9. Explain passive voice as used in the variation "Passive."

10. Explain how Exercises in Style evolved into what it is in the book. Does the author have any future plans for Exercises in Style?

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