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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 characteristic about the events in Antiphrasis?

2. What terminology characterizes Botanical?

3. What sense is the focus of Visual?

4. What makes Ode unique compared to all other variations in Exercises in Style?

5. How are the words arranged in Parts of Speech?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a haiku and how is it used in Exercises in Style?

2. Explain how the basic story is changed in "Antiphrasis."

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

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

5. Explain the variation "Olfactory."

6. Explain how the author can write the variation "Gustatory" without tasting anything that happens in the story?

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

8. What is the style of the variation "Modern Style?" How do you know?

9. What is apostrophe in literature? How is it used in the variation "Apostrophe?"

10. What does the author do to the basic story in the variation "Parts of Speech?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How does the author break down language--phrases and words--in the variations? What is the affect this process has?

Essay Topic 3

What are the elements of the setting given in the basic story? How are these elements important to the story and its variations?

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