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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What takes the place for Italianismes in the book?

2. How does the Preface begin?

3. How are the man's fingers described in Present?

4. Where did the narrator see the man again in Anagrams?

5. Who told the story to the narrator of Reported Speech?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is common among the narrators in "Speaking Personally," "Exclamations," and "You Know?"

2. Why are the majority of sentences in the variation "Logical Analysis" fragments?

3. How does the author make the variation "Insistence" seem insistent to the reader?

4. Why does the author use a different typeface in "Official Letter?"

5. Why is the first variation in Section 3 called "Surprises?"

6. Explain the basic story in Exercises in Style.

7. Why do you think Queneau begins with the variation "Notation?"

8. Why are the details in the variation "Dream" vague?

9. Explain how the words in parentheses are used in the variation "Word Game."

10. How and why does the author use parentheses so frequently in "Distinguo?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast "Cockney" and "For Ze Frrensh," particularly in reference to the use of dialect.

Essay Topic 2

How do the sounds of the words in some variations of Exercises in Style affect the reading of those variations?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the author's use of dramatic elements in Exercises in Style, and how they impact the reader.

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