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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who wrote "Notes for the 1981 American Paperback Edition"?
(a) Raymond Queneau.
(b) Raymond Carver.
(c) Barbara Wright.
(d) A. S. Byatt.

4. What variation is included in the Notes section "for free"?
(a) Visual Poem.
(b) Epithet.
(c) Villanelle.
(d) Tanka.

5. What is unusual about Precision?
(a) The details are very exact.
(b) The details are very vague.
(c) The description of the man's hat is a paragraph long.
(d) There are no details given.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is misspelled and corrected in Official Letter?

2. What is one substitution made in the book from the original?

3. What is unusual about The Rainbow?

4. How many members are in the organization Raymond Queaneau is a member of?

5. How many words are listed at the start of Word Game?

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