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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 terminology characterizes Botanical?
(a) References to plants and flowers.
(b) References to architecture.
(c) References to mammals.
(d) References to reptiles and amphibians.

2. How is the bus described in Tactile?
(a) Metallic-tasting, like a fork.
(b) Soft.
(c) Steely gray.
(d) Low and rumbling, like approaching thunder.

3. What is one characteristic of Philosophic?
(a) All the characters are named.
(b) The events take place on a boat.
(c) Complicated sentence structure.
(d) Simple sentence structure.

4. What sense is the focus of Olfactory?
(a) Smell.
(b) Sight.
(c) Touch.
(d) Hearing.

5. How is the bus described in Visual?
(a) Green.
(b) Low and rumbling, like approaching thunder.
(c) Metallic-tasting, like a fork.
(d) Hard and cold, like ice.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator of Awkward, what is the most difficult part of writing the story?

2. What is used throughout Futile?

3. What is the gender of the narrator of Feminine?

4. What makes Epenthesis difficult to read?

5. How are the events related in Mathematical?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes the narrator in the variation "Biased" a biased narrator?

2. What does the author do to the basic story in the variation "Parts of Speech?"

3. Why do you think the author ends Exercises in Style with the variation "Unexpected?"

4. Why might the variation "More or Less" be easier to read aloud?

5. Explain the variation "Reactionary," and why it is titled "Reactionary."

6. What is a haiku and how is it used in Exercises in Style?

7. What makes the variation "Awkward" seem awkward?

8. Compare and contrast "Back Slang" and "Dog Latin."

9. Why are the variations in Section 8 put together?

10. Why does Raymond Queneau include variations containing unintelligible words and phrases, such as in the "Permutations" variations?

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