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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 does the rhyming slang replace in Rhyming Slang?

2. What makes Prosthesis difficult to read?

3. What variation is Gallicisms replacing?

4. What variation is Back Slang replacing in Exercises in Style?

5. How many acts are in Opera English?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Explain the variation "Consequences."

7. Why is the variation "For Ze Frrensh" considered comical? Why is this variation put in place of "Poor lay Zanglay" in the English version of Exercises in Style?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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