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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 makes Ode unique compared to all other variations in Exercises in Style?
(a) It includes illustrations.
(b) It is the inspiration for a collection of poems by Queneau.
(c) It includes musical accompaniment.
(d) It tells the story from the perspective of the second man.

2. What form of slang does Back Slang use?
(a) Dog Latin.
(b) German slang.
(c) Pig Latin.
(d) Australian slang.

3. In what style is Spectral written?
(a) Villanelle.
(b) Science fiction novel.
(c) Gothic novel.
(d) Sonnet.

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

5. What is one characteristic of Parts of Speech?
(a) There is no punctuation.
(b) The first man is given a name.
(c) There are no proper nouns.
(d) There is no linear story.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the man's neck described in Olfactory?

2. What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza of Sonnet?

3. How is the man's head described in Auditory?

4. What sense is the focus of Tactile?

5. How does the narrator of Modern Style describe the events witnessed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how "Ode" is different from the rest of the variations.

2. What affect does "Proper Noun" create by replacing common nouns with proper names?

3. Why do you think the author includes the variation "Interjections?"

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

5. Explain the variation "Olfactory."

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

7. Explain the variation "Consequences."

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

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

10. What is the style of the variation "Modern Style?" How do you know?

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