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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 does the narrator of Modern Style describe the events witnessed?

2. What language is used in Dog Latin?

3. According to the narrator of Awkward, what is the most difficult part of writing the story?

4. What is the date of writing of Spectral?

5. How are the man's feet described in Free Verse?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the variation "Olfactory."

3. Explain how "Ode" is different from the rest of the variations.

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

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

6. Why do you think the author writes a separate variation for each of the five senses?

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

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

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

10. Compare and contrast "Back Slang" and "Dog Latin."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why the young man, second man and the young man's friend are not given names in the story. Does this help or hurt the overall story? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of the button in the basic story and 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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