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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the man's hat described in Abusive?
(a) Gaudy.
(b) Grotesque.
(c) Stinking.
(d) Ridiculous.

2. What form of slang does Back Slang use?
(a) Dog Latin.
(b) Australian slang.
(c) German slang.
(d) Pig Latin.

3. How are the man's feet described in Free Verse?
(a) Abused.
(b) Flat.
(c) Weary.
(d) Trodden.

4. How are the passengers described in Medical?
(a) Charts.
(b) Patients.
(c) Stretcher cases.
(d) Ambulance chasers.

5. What is used throughout Futile?
(a) Rhetorical questions.
(b) Clipped phrases.
(c) Rich descriptions.
(d) Rhyme.

6. How is the man's neck described in Olfactory?
(a) Swan-like.
(b) Long and juvenile.
(c) Disturbingly long.
(d) Giraffe-like.

7. What does the rhyming slang replace in Rhyming Slang?
(a) Nouns.
(b) Verbs.
(c) Adverbs.
(d) Adjectives.

8. What makes Paragoge difficult to read?
(a) Letters added to the middles of the words.
(b) Letters added to the beginnings of the words.
(c) Letters omitted from the ends of the words.
(d) Letters added to the ends of the words.

9. What makes Ode unique compared to all other variations in Exercises in Style?
(a) It is the inspiration for a collection of poems by Queneau.
(b) It includes illustrations.
(c) It includes musical accompaniment.
(d) It tells the story from the perspective of the second man.

10. Why are the Permutations exercises virtually incomprehensible?
(a) The words are written in French.
(b) The words are chosen at random.
(c) The words are out of order in the sentences.
(d) They break down the words.

11. What is wrong with the button in Philosophic?
(a) It is psychologically unbalanced.
(b) It is economically too high.
(c) It is sociologically too high.
(d) It is sociologically too low.

12. How is the bus described in Visual?
(a) Hard and cold, like ice.
(b) Green.
(c) Low and rumbling, like approaching thunder.
(d) Metallic-tasting, like a fork.

13. How does the narrator of Modern Style describe the events witnessed?
(a) A tragi-comedy.
(b) A comedy.
(c) A farce.
(d) A tragedy.

14. How are the words written in For Ze Frrensh?
(a) In French.
(b) In random order.
(c) Phonetically.
(d) Alphabetically.

15. How many lines are in Haiku?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Telegraphic signed?

2. How does the narrator of Reactionary describe the man's friend when he sees them later?

3. What tinges the hat's plaited cord in Gustatory?

4. What is one characteristic of Telegraphic?

5. What sense is the focus of Gustatory?

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