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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 many lines are in Haiku?

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

3. What sound is interjected throughout Parechesis?

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

5. How is the bus described in Visual?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Explain the variation "Consequences."

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

Explain the role of the button in the basic story and variations.

Essay Topic 3

Which of the variations is the most complex? Why? Use examples from the variations to support your claims.

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