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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What variation is Back Slang replacing in Exercises in Style?

2. How is the bus described in Tactile?

3. What is true about the words used in More or Less?

4. What sense is the focus of Olfactory?

5. What animal describes the young man in Portrait?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do you think the author writes a separate variation for each of the five senses?

2. Why do you think the author includes the variation "Interjections?"

3. Compare and contrast "Back Slang" and "Dog Latin."

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

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

6. Why are the variations in Section 8 put together?

7. What makes the variation "Awkward" seem awkward?

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

9. What does the author do to the basic story in the variation "Parts of Speech?"

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the elements of the setting given in the basic story? How are these elements important to the story and its variations?

Essay Topic 2

Which of the variations is the most straightforward? Why? Use examples from the variations to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

Is Raymond Queneau effective in conveying a sense of pointlessness in Exercises in Style? Why or why not?

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