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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who contributed "Translations: Idea to Image?"
(a) Ann Lauterbach.
(b) TS Eliot.
(c) Maxine Kumin.
(d) Carol Muske.

2. "Five Easy Pieces" actually has how many steps?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

3. An example shows that the ensuing images may be:
(a) Ridiculous.
(b) Over thought.
(c) Disturbing.
(d) Stupid.

4. "Our Suits, Ourselves" asks students to compare themselves with:
(a) An inanimate object.
(b) A tree.
(c) Their parents.
(d) A cloud.

5. Which of the following is not included among the required elements in this section?
(a) Mother.
(b) Something green.
(c) Something dead.
(d) Oven.

6. Which item are students not required to study in this section?
(a) Specifics.
(b) Randomness.
(c) Syntax.
(d) Detail.

7. In this section, students are encouraged to write about what topic?
(a) Unrequited love.
(b) Linens.
(c) Personal encounter.
(d) Chivalry.

8. How long should one chant?
(a) 30 minutes.
(b) 20 minutes.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 10 minutes.

9. Students are asked to examine their:
(a) Ideas and assumptions.
(b) Poetic journey.
(c) Life's purpose.
(d) Mental stability.

10. "One's-Self, En Masse" begins with a quote by which famous poet?
(a) Pound.
(b) Dickinson.
(c) Emerson.
(d) Whitman.

11. What topic is addressed in "Letter Poems?"
(a) Being in prison.
(b) Lost love.
(c) Childhood fantasies.
(d) Eavesdropping.

12. Which author wrote "Five Easy Pieces?"
(a) Kumin.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Snively.
(d) Stewart.

13. "Translations: Idea to Image" is an exercise in:
(a) Sonnets.
(b) Language.
(c) Prose.
(d) Free association.

14. Picturing a particular person in a particular place helps students to:
(a) Create a random scenario.
(b) Explore emotions about that person.
(c) Recall specific details.
(d) Draw a mental picture.

15. How many preparatory steps are used in "Five Easy Pieces?"
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Intriguing Objects Exercise/ 'Show and Tell'" offers what type of exercise?

2. "In the Waiting Room" encourages students to imitate what in a poem?

3. In "Estrangement and Reconciliation," with whom does the student argue?

4. "Getting at Metaphor" was written by which author?

5. Using one of the words, the student is encouraged to create what?

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