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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 should an S bus not be confused with in Distinguo?
(a) A hot daft sack.
(b) A trespass.
(c) A boat.
(d) An eyesore.

2. What is the prominent feature in Surprises?
(a) Exclamation points.
(b) Question marks.
(c) Quotations.
(d) Dashes.

3. From where are letters and syllables missing in Apocope?
(a) The middle of words.
(b) The beginning of sentences.
(c) The end of words.
(d) The beginning of words.

4. What is the young man wearing when he is seen again in Reported Speech?
(a) A felt hat.
(b) A vest.
(c) An overcoat.
(d) A cummerbund.

5. What complaint does the man have in Polyptotes?
(a) His ribs are being jabbed into.
(b) His shoulder is being wrenched.
(c) His neck is being twisted.
(d) His toes are being treaded on.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the poetic form used in Alexandrines.

2. What makes Synchysis more difficult to read?

3. What should a newcomer not be confused with in Distinguo?

4. What publication is the translation based on?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the variation "Cross Examination."

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

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

4. How is the story manipulated in "Double Entry?"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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