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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. How many members are in the organization Raymond Queaneau is a member of?

2. What publication is the translation based on?

3. Who is the author of Exercises in Style?

4. What is unusual about The Rainbow?

5. What attracted the young man in Metaphorically?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the variation titled "Notation."

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

4. Explain how Exercises in Style evolved into what it is in the book. Does the author have any future plans for Exercises in Style?

5. What is a metaphor, and how does it apply to the variation titled "Metaphorically?"

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

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

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

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

10. Explain the basic story in Exercises in Style.

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Is Raymond Queneau effective in conveying a sense of pointlessness in Exercises in Style? Why or why not?

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