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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 is the gender of the narrator of Feminine?

2. How many acts are in Opera English?

3. How does the narrator of Modern Style describe the events witnessed?

4. How are the passengers described in Medical?

5. What is different about the first man in Spectral?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think the author includes the variation "Interjections?"

2. Why does Raymond Queneau include variations containing unintelligible words and phrases, such as in the "Permutations" variations?

3. What makes the narrator in the variation "Biased" a biased narrator?

4. What elements of the variation "Spectral" make it gothic?

5. Explain the variation "Consequences."

6. What makes the variation "Abusive" so confrontational?

7. Explain the variation "Reactionary," and why it is titled "Reactionary."

8. Why might the variation "More or Less" be easier to read aloud?

9. What affect does "Proper Noun" create by replacing common nouns with proper names?

10. Explain the variation "Olfactory."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does Raymond Queneau accomplish his goal in exploring the flexibility of language? Why or why not?

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

How is punctuation used in the variations of Exercises in Style? How does this contribute to exploring the flexibility of language?

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