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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 element of the basic story is NOT mentioned in Ignorance?
(a) The hat.
(b) The button.
(c) The S bus.
(d) The first man.

2. How are the man's fingers described in Present?
(a) Dirt-encrusted.
(b) Slimy.
(c) Red.
(d) Chapped.

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

4. What is the focus of Animism?
(a) The second man's shoes.
(b) The bus driver's seat.
(c) The first man's hat.
(d) The first man's overcoat.

5. What were on the bus in Hesitation?
(a) Skeletons.
(b) Clothing-wearers.
(c) Busy-bodies.
(d) People.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Metaphorically, where did the narrator see the man again?

2. Where was the narrator when he saw the man again in Past?

3. Who or what sat down in Animism?

4. What is unusual about the hat in the story?

5. Who is the translator of Exercises in Style?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the majority of sentences in the variation "Logical Analysis" fragments?

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

3. Why might the variation "Cockney" be difficult to read?

4. Explain the basic story in Exercises in Style.

5. Why do you think Queneau begins with the variation "Notation?"

6. Explain the variation "Cross Examination."

7. How do the events occur in the variation "Retrograde?"

8. How does the author make the variation "Insistence" seem insistent to the reader?

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

10. Explain how the words in parentheses are used in the variation "Word Game."

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