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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 comparison does the narrator make about himself in Noble?
(a) Frenchman.
(b) East Indian.
(c) American.
(d) Red Indian.

2. What is the last piece of information given in Retrograde?
(a) The name of the bus.
(b) The description of the young man.
(c) The argument between the two men.
(d) The time of day.

3. At what time of day does the story take place, according to Double Entry?
(a) Sometime after ten.
(b) Rush hour.
(c) Mid-day.
(d) Before the sun set.

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

5. What is one set of exercises mentioned in the possible exercises in style list?
(a) The Seven Deadly Sins.
(b) The Psalms.
(c) The Days of the Week.
(d) A Day in the Life of a Writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the travelers called in Metaphorically?

2. What is the narrator not displeased with in The Subjective Side?

3. According to the Preface, what does the Paris metro smell like?

4. How is the hat described in Insistence?

5. According to Metaphorically, where did the narrator see the man again?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might the variation "Cockney" be difficult to read?

2. Compare and contrast the two "Subjectivity" variations.

3. How do the events occur in the variation "Retrograde?"

4. How does the author make the variation "Insistence" seem insistent to the reader?

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

6. How and why does the author use parentheses so frequently in "Distinguo?"

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

8. Why is the first variation in Section 3 called "Surprises?"

9. Explain some of the differences between "Official Letter" and "Blurb."

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

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