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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. Where was the narrator when he saw the man again in Past?
(a) In a cab.
(b) In an apartment.
(c) On a bus.
(d) On the street.

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

3. From what nation does the accent in Cockney come?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) United States.
(d) England.

4. What interjection is included frequently in You Know?
(a) I know.
(b) Know what I mean?
(c) Do you know?
(d) You know.

5. What word is misspelled and corrected in Official Letter?
(a) Animation.
(b) Exaggerated.
(c) Provoke.
(d) Addendum.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the hat described in Insistence?

2. What is one substitution made in the book from the original?

3. What variation is included in the Notes section "for free"?

4. What element of the basic story is NOT mentioned in Ignorance?

5. What is unusual about The Rainbow?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In the Preface, what does Queneau say is his purpose in writing Exercises in Style? What did Queneau say the finished product acts as?

6. What does Wright say is the point of Exercises in Style?

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

8. Why are the majority of sentences in the variation "Logical Analysis" fragments?

9. Explain the variation titled "Notation."

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

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