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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 the young man's complaint in Word-Composition?

2. What is the prominent feature in Surprises?

3. What is the young man drinking in Metaphorically?

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

5. How many variations of the basic story were created by 1946?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain some of the differences between "Official Letter" and "Blurb."

3. Why do you think the variation "Noble" is titled "Noble?"

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

5. Compare and contrast "Apheresis" and "Apocope."

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

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

8. How are the variations "Comedy" and "Asides" alike?

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

10. What is "litotes," and how does it apply to the variation of the same name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the role of the young man's hat in the basic story and variations.

Essay Topic 2

What is the theme of Exercises in Style? How do you know?

Essay Topic 3

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

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