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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Six. Musical Matters: Sound, Rhythm, and the Line.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Finish This!" uses a poem by what famed female poet?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) Emma Lazarus.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Edna St. Vincent Millay.

2. In "Free-Verse Lineation," what is the format used in the original poem?
(a) Villianelle.
(b) Sonnet.
(c) Free verse.
(d) Prose.

3. In Maura Stanton's section, which act is recalled?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Horseback Riding.
(d) Flying.

4. What phrase is each student required to use in the poem?
(a) "Breathless, Out of Breath."
(b) "When I was Young."
(c) "Plausbility, Without Pause."
(d) "Flaming Youth."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Cut-and-Shuffle" encourages:

2. Which character is not referenced in "Tabloid Tone Exercise?"

3. Gioia requires students to write their poems in what way?

4. Another term for this method is:

5. Maura Stanton write about what topic?

(see the answer key)

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