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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 was happening to the passengers in Passive?

2. What expertise does the witness have in Cross Examination?

3. What should an S bus not be confused with in Distinguo?

4. How many words are listed at the start of Word Game?

5. What interjection is included frequently in You Know?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare and contrast "Apheresis" and "Apocope."

2. Explain the perspective of the basic story given in "Animism." How does the author accomplish this perspective?

3. How are readers able to understand the invented words in the variation "Word Composition?"

4. What does Wright say is the point of Exercises in Style?

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

6. In the Preface, what does Queneau say is his purpose in writing Exercises in Style? What did Queneau say the finished product acts as?

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

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

9. What are the three reactions Barbara Wright received when she told people she was translating a book by Raymond Queneau?

10. Explain passive voice as used in the variation "Passive."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the variation "Unexpected" fit into the theme of pointlessness in Exercises in Style?

Essay Topic 2

Explain why the young man, second man and the young man's friend are not given names in the story. Does this help or hurt the overall story? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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

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