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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. According to Metaphorically, where did the narrator see the man again?
(a) In a bleak, urban desert.
(b) In the slanting afternoon sun.
(c) On a concrete river some ways away.
(d) Between the glass-adorned mountains.

2. What was one of the characteristics of the young man in Passive?
(a) An arrogant attitude.
(b) A whiny voice.
(c) A limp.
(d) A long neck.

3. How many variations of the basic story were created by 1942?
(a) 99.
(b) 50.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

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

5. How is the man's tone described in Synchysis?
(a) Feminine.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Cowardly.
(d) Brash.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the man throw himself in Dream?

2. What is personified in Noble?

3. How many exercises are included in a list of "possible exercises in style"?

4. What interjection is included frequently in You Know?

5. Who wrote "Notes for the 1981 American Paperback Edition"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the perspective of the basic story given in "Animism." How does the author accomplish this perspective?

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

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

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

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

7. How are readers able to understand the invented words in the variation "Word Composition?"

8. Explain the variation titled "Notation."

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

10. Explain the variation "Cross Examination."

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