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

2. To what animal is the man's neck compared in Zoological?
(a) Snake.
(b) Giraffe.
(c) Swan.
(d) Ostrich.

3. What is one form of writing the narrator of Awkward would like to write?
(a) A tragedy.
(b) A screenplay.
(c) A comedy.
(d) A Gothic novel.

4. What variation is Gallicisms replacing?
(a) West Indian.
(b) For Ze Frrensh.
(c) Anglicismes.
(d) Poor Lay Zanglay.

5. What is one characteristic of Philosophic?
(a) The events take place on a boat.
(b) All the characters are named.
(c) Simple sentence structure.
(d) Complicated sentence structure.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the events related in Mathematical?

2. What sense is the focus of Olfactory?

3. Why is the narrator of Feminine irritated at the other passengers?

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

5. What makes Prosthesis difficult to read?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is apostrophe in literature? How is it used in the variation "Apostrophe?"

2. Explain the variation "Consequences."

3. Explain how the basic story is changed in "Antiphrasis."

4. What is the style of the variation "Modern Style?" How do you know?

5. Explain how "Ode" is different from the rest of the variations.

6. Explain the variation "Reactionary," and why it is titled "Reactionary."

7. What elements of the variation "Spectral" make it gothic?

8. What makes the variation "Abusive" so confrontational?

9. Why does Raymond Queneau include variations containing unintelligible words and phrases, such as in the "Permutations" variations?

10. Explain how the author can write the variation "Gustatory" without tasting anything that happens in the story?

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