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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 did the narrator see the man again in Anagrams?
(a) Acanl Etrets.
(b) Fliefle Trewo.
(c) Prisa, Cenfar.
(d) Cuor ed More.

2. How is the young man described in Litotes?
(a) Ruggedly handsome.
(b) Not very intelligent.
(c) Long-necked.
(d) Plain.

3. What is different about the appearance of Official Letter?
(a) The font size.
(b) The orientation of the page.
(c) The margins.
(d) The typeface.

4. How did the argument end in Hesitation?
(a) A commonplace way.
(b) It didn't.
(c) In a draw.
(d) With a dramatic flourish.

5. What are the only things that never meet, according to the narrator of Speaking Personally?
(a) Mountains.
(b) Feet.
(c) Chimneys.
(d) Molehills.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what nation does the accent in Cockney come?

2. What family member of the narrator is mentioned in Ignorance?

3. What publication is the translation based on?

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

5. What was the young man's complaint in Word-Composition?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the variation "Cross Examination."

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

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

5. Explain the basic story in Exercises in Style.

6. Wright says Exercises in Style was one of the books Queneau wanted translated. What is her reaction?

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

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

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

10. Why do you think Queneau begins with the variation "Notation?"

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