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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should a newcomer not be confused with in Distinguo?
(a) Lacerated the display.
(b) An applauded cat.
(c) The woman.
(d) A cute number.

2. What comparison does the narrator make about himself in Noble?
(a) Frenchman.
(b) East Indian.
(c) Red Indian.
(d) American.

3. What was the man doing two hours later in Narrative?
(a) Having a conversation.
(b) Following the second man.
(c) Waiting for another bus.
(d) Looking for a tailor shop.

4. How many exercises are included in a list of "possible exercises in style"?
(a) 30.
(b) 124.
(c) 500.
(d) 101.

5. What bus does the narrator get on in Past?
(a) Rue Chateau.
(b) Porte Champerret.
(c) Cour de Rome.
(d) Arc de Triomphe.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Preface begin?

2. At what time of day does the story take place, according to Double Entry?

3. How is the hat described in Retrograde?

4. How is Insistence similar to Double Entry?

5. What was one of the characteristics of the young man in Passive?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think the variation "Noble" is titled "Noble?"

2. What does Wright say is the point of Exercises in Style?

3. What do you learn about the narrator of "Ignorance" from reading the variation?

4. How and why does the author use parentheses so frequently in "Distinguo?"

5. Explain the basic story in Exercises in Style.

6. What does the use of onomatopoeia in the variation "Onomatopoeia" accomplish for the reader?

7. Why is the first variation in Section 3 called "Surprises?"

8. What is common among the narrators in "Speaking Personally," "Exclamations," and "You Know?"

9. Explain at least three differences between the variations "Past" and "Present."

10. How are readers able to understand the invented words in the variation "Word Composition?"

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