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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many lists are used in the second section?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

2. "Getting at Metaphor" is comprised of how many parts?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

3. Students are also encouraged to use which object(s)?
(a) Their imagination.
(b) Descriptions from friends.
(c) Tabloid headlines.
(d) Selected topics.

4. The author includes part of a poem including:
(a) Fruits.
(b) Objects on his desk.
(c) Body parts.
(d) Movie titles.

5. How many words should students chant?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

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

7. What famous work is referenced in this section?
(a) Wuthering Heights.
(b) Gentlemen's Agreement.
(c) Moby Dick.
(d) Tale of Two Cities.

8. In "Estrangement and Reconciliation," with whom does the student argue?
(a) Mother.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Self.
(d) Classmate.

9. Exercises in this section give students:
(a) Inspiration
(b) A headache
(c) Permission
(d) Insight

10. How many journal entries are to be used for comparison?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

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

13. "Our Suits, Ourselves" is considered to be:
(a) Intense.
(b) Pointless.
(c) Justified.
(d) Transformative.

14. The author claims that poems created in this way will be:
(a) Traumatic and deep.
(b) Varied and significant.
(c) Vivid and transparent.
(d) Telling and creative.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dreams offer what kind of poetic source?

2. An example shows that the ensuing images may be:

3. Some students used figures such as which politician?

4. Who wrote "Your Mother's Kitchen"?

5. Which author wrote "Breaking the Sentence; or, "No Sentences but in Things?"

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