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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 West Indian replacing in Exercises in Style?

2. How is the bus identified in Proper Names?

3. Why is the narrator of Feminine irritated at the other passengers?

4. Who is revealed to be the young man's friend in Unexpected?

5. How is the man's head described in Auditory?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do you think the author ends Exercises in Style with the variation "Unexpected?"

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

4. Why do you think the author includes the variation "Feminine?"

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

6. Explain the variation "Consequences."

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

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

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

10. Explain the variation "Olfactory."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the theme of Exercises in Style? How do you know?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast "Alexandrines" and "Sonnet," paying close attention to the forms of the sonnets.

Essay Topic 3

How do the sounds of the words in some variations of Exercises in Style affect the reading of those variations?

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