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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 is the young man drinking in Metaphorically?
(a) Hope.
(b) Scotch.
(c) Espresso.
(d) Humiliation.

2. How is the hat described in Insistence?
(a) Ridiculous.
(b) Leather.
(c) Weather-beaten.
(d) Felt.

3. From where are letters and syllables missing in Apheresis?
(a) The ends of words.
(b) The middle of words.
(c) The beginnings of words.
(d) The beginnings of sentences.

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

5. What is the first variation given in Exercises in Style?
(a) Sonnet.
(b) Alexandrines.
(c) Tactile.
(d) Notation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the poetic form used in Alexandrines.

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

3. From where are letters and syllables missing in Syncope?

4. What was the man talking about with a friend later, according to Litotes?

5. How many members are in the organization Raymond Queaneau is a member of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is "litotes," and how does it apply to the variation of the same name?

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

5. Explain the basic story in Exercises in Style.

6. Why are the details in the variation "Dream" vague?

7. What are the three reactions Barbara Wright received when she told people she was translating a book by Raymond Queneau?

8. Compare and contrast "Apheresis" and "Apocope."

9. Explain how the words in parentheses are used in the variation "Word Game."

10. Explain at least three differences between the variations "Past" and "Present."

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