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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. To what animal is the man's neck compared in Zoological?

2. According to the narrator of Probabilist, what is not likely to occur?

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

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

5. How is the overcoat described in Visual?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why are the variations in Section 8 put together?

7. Explain the variation "Consequences."

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the tone of the basic story in Exercises in Style? How do you know? Does this tone change in different variations? If so, give at least one example.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How does the variation "Unexpected" fit into the theme of pointlessness in Exercises in Style?

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