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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 is the age of the narrator in Reactionary?

2. What language is used in Dog Latin?

3. To what animal is the man's neck compared in Zoological?

4. From what origin are many of the words in Hellenisms?

5. How is the man's neck described in Gustatory?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the variation "Olfactory."

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

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

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

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

7. Explain the variation "Consequences."

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Barbara Wright's role in Exercises in Style? What changes did she make to Queneau's exercises? Why did she make these changes?

Essay Topic 2

Does Raymond Queneau accomplish his goal in exploring the flexibility of language? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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

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