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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. Who or what sat down in Animism?

2. What is one substitution made in the book from the original?

3. How is the man's neck described in Prognostication?

4. What is unusual about The Rainbow?

5. How much time passed in Litotes until the narrator saw the man again?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Explain the variation titled "Notation."

5. Explain the style used in the variation "Prognostication."

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

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

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

9. How is the story manipulated in "Double Entry?"

10. What is an Alexandrine sonnet, and what are the rhyme scheme and meter used in "Alexandrines?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Though some of the variations were not translated into English, most of the original variations were able to be translated effectively from French. What does this say about the flexibility of language as it relates to Exercises in Style?

Essay Topic 3

What was Barbara Wright's role in Exercises in Style? What changes did she make to Queneau's exercises? Why did she make these changes?

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