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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Maura Stanton's character hates what object?
(a) Water.
(b) Spaghetti.
(c) Airplanes.
(d) Mud.

3. What period of art is used in an exercise?
(a) Renaissance.
(b) Baroque.
(c) Cubism.
(d) Impressionism.

4. Some students used figures such as which politician?
(a) JFK.
(b) Joe McCarthy.
(c) Henry Kissinger.
(d) Richard Nixon.

5. How many exercises are appropriate for group work?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

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

7. In "Dramatic Monologue: Carving the Voice, Carving the Masks," students are instructed to write a:
(a) Soliloquy.
(b) Chatauqua.
(c) Dramatic monologue.
(d) Series of poems.

8. This section encourages students to:
(a) Forge a poetic voice.
(b) Focus on masks.
(c) Write in free verse.
(d) Adopt a persona.

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

10. What is the name of the first section?
(a) "The Unconsious as Gold Mine".
(b) "Dream Notebooks".
(c) "Translations: Idea to Image".
(d) "First Words".

11. Stanton encourages what emotion?
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Serenity.
(d) Empathy.

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

13. "In the Waiting Room" encourages students to imitate what in a poem?
(a) Tone.
(b) Voice.
(c) Syntax.
(d) Formula.

14. Who wrote "Dramatic Monologue: Carving the Voice, Carving the Masks?"
(a) McMillian.
(b) St. Andrew.
(c) St. John.
(d) Mitchell.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Maxine Kumin's contribution?

2. Which author wrote "Five Easy Pieces?"

3. What topic is addressed in "Letter Poems?"

4. Students are often confused by what word?

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

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