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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. How is the bus identified in Proper Names?
(a) Josephine.
(b) Leo.
(c) Derby.
(d) Cicero.

2. How is the overcoat described in Visual?
(a) Itchy.
(b) Musty, like the back of a closet after a long summer.
(c) Navy blue.
(d) Rasping with the movement of walking.

3. According to the narrator of Awkward, what is the most difficult part of writing the story?
(a) The exposition.
(b) The transition.
(c) The denouement.
(d) The climax.

4. What literary form is Free Verse?
(a) Essay.
(b) Short story.
(c) Play.
(d) Poetry.

5. How does the narrator of Reactionary describe the man's friend when he sees them later?
(a) Greenhorn.
(b) Ragamuffin.
(c) Jackanapes.
(d) Young puppy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is West Indian replacing in Exercises in Style?

2. To what animal is the man's neck compared in Zoological?

3. In what style is Spectral written?

4. How is the bus described in Tactile?

5. What terminology is used in Gastronomical?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how the basic story is changed in "Antiphrasis."

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

3. Explain the variation "Consequences."

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

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

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

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

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

9. What makes the variation "Abusive" so confrontational?

10. What is apostrophe in literature? How is it used in the variation "Apostrophe?"

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