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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. Why is the narrator of Feminine irritated at the other passengers?
(a) They are all talking loudly.
(b) They all expect the narrator to give them a seat.
(c) None of them say hello to the narrator.
(d) None of them offer a seat to the narrator.

2. What letters are mixed up with adjoining words in Spoonerisms?
(a) The last.
(b) All of them.
(c) The middle.
(d) The first.

3. How is Telegraphic signed?
(a) Dr. Queneau.
(b) Barbara.
(c) Raymond.
(d) Arcturus.

4. What variation is For Ze Frrensh replacing in Exercises in Style?
(a) Poor Lay Zanglay.
(b) Italianismes.
(c) West Indian.
(d) Anglicismes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What terminology characterizes Botanical?

2. What is one characteristic of Telegraphic?

3. How many acts are in Opera English?

4. How does the narrator of Feminine describe the man's friend?

5. What sound is interjected throughout Parechesis?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Explain the variation "Olfactory."

6. Why do you think the author includes the variation "Feminine?"

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

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

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

10. Explain how the author can write the variation "Gustatory" without tasting anything that happens in the story?

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