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

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

3. What is one form of writing the narrator of Awkward would like to write?
(a) A comedy.
(b) A screenplay.
(c) A tragedy.
(d) A Gothic novel.

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

5. How is the man's neck described in Gustatory?
(a) Rather sourish.
(b) Rather long.
(c) Rather normal.
(d) Rather unusual.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many acts are in Opera English?

3. What variation is Opera English replacing in Exercises in Style?

4. What sense is the focus of Tactile?

5. How are the words arranged in Parts of Speech?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why is the variation "For Ze Frrensh" considered comical? Why is this variation put in place of "Poor lay Zanglay" in the English version of Exercises in Style?

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

10. What elements of the variation "Spectral" make it gothic?

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