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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Seven. Major and Minor Surgery: On Revision and Writer's Block B. Reflections.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This exercise is compared to which item/object?
(a) Boot camp.
(b) Reform school.
(c) Being grounded.
(d) Flying.

2. Which item is not in the list of items?
(a) Justice.
(b) Order.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Rage.

3. Which of the following is not one of the objectives in the exercise?
(a) Rewriting.
(b) Re-imagining.
(c) Reassessment .
(d) Resuscitation.

4. The author of the second essay feels that rewriting turns fun into:
(a) A headache.
(b) Work.
(c) Punishment.
(d) Penance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Tillinghast advises students to do what to parts of a poem that need to be cut?

2. What famous poet is referred to in "Rhapsodizing Repetitions?"

3. How many preparatory steps are used in "Five Easy Pieces?"

4. "The Party of the Century" reviews what technique?

5. What poet is used as a reference?

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