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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The Party of the Century" reviews what technique?
(a) Commonality.
(b) Collaboration.
(c) Critique.
(d) Revision.

2. Instead of using a common set of opposites, the author suggests using something similar to which topic?
(a) Illegible and recognizable.
(b) Plush and sparse.
(c) Verdant and withered.
(d) Calm and calamity.

3. Part Six. "Musical Matters: Sound, Rhythm and the Line" contains how many exercises?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

4. What is the purpose of "Jump Starting the Dead Poem"?
(a) Critiquing others' work.
(b) Creating new poems from old ones.
(c) Resurrecting a published poem.
(d) Starting over with a new perspective.

5. How long will it takes students to complete the course used in "Writer's Block: An Antidote?"
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 6 days.

6. Complete the name of this chapter: ""Matthewsian Invisible ____."
(a) Hinge.
(b) Man.
(c) Aircraft.
(d) Poet.

7. What requires explanation and exploration?
(a) First impressions.
(b) Metaphors.
(c) Free verse.
(d) Drawings.

8. "Intelligence Test" was written by Turner. What is the author's first name?
(a) Alice.
(b) Alberta.
(c) Enid.
(d) Roberta.

9. What are homonyms?
(a) A style of poetry involving people.
(b) Words that sound the same.
(c) Words with the same meaning but different spellings.
(d) Words that are opposites.

10. How long will it take students to complete the assignment in "Short Lines and Long Lines?"
(a) 1 week.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 3 days.

11. "Scissors & Scotch Tape" is which type of exercise?
(a) Collage.
(b) Creating cut outs.
(c) Cut and paste.
(d) Word association.

12. Seamus Heaney is from which country?
(a) England.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Wales.

13. Who wrote "The Fill-in-the-Blanks or Definition Poem?"
(a) Myers.
(b) Digges.
(c) Behn.
(d) Maxim.

14. What adjective may be used to describe this section?
(a) Rewarding.
(b) Stupendous.
(c) Silly.
(d) Daunting.

15. This section requires students to create a poem consisting of a minimum of how many lines?
(a) 72.
(b) 38.
(c) 40.
(d) 50.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Finish This!" uses a poem by what famed female poet?

2. "The Party of the Century" is what type of exercise?

3. This exercise is compared to which item/object?

4. What are students required to do in "Rhapsodizing Repetitions?"

5. The author refers to this section as being:

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