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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unusual about the hat in the story?
(a) It is felt.
(b) It is being worn during the day.
(c) It has a ribbon.
(d) It has a cord.

2. How much time passed in Litotes until the narrator saw the man again?
(a) Two hours.
(b) A day.
(c) No time is given.
(d) An afternoon.

3. According to the narrator in Surprises, what was the young man doing?
(a) Trying to sew a button on his lapel.
(b) Trying to find a seat on the bus.
(c) Trying to read his map.
(d) Trying to pick a quarrel.

4. How is the man's neck described in Noble?
(a) Like a swan.
(b) Like a snake.
(c) Like a giraffe.
(d) Like an elephant's trunk.

5. What is the first variation given in Exercises in Style?
(a) Tactile.
(b) Alexandrines.
(c) Notation.
(d) Sonnet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator of Word Game describe the man as ridiculous?

2. Who did the young man speak to, according to Litotes?

3. Who is the narrator of Another Subjectivity?

4. What similarity does The Subjective Side share with Retrograde?

5. What replaced the ribbon on the hat in Dream?

(see the answer key)

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