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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In this section, students are asked to write from whose point of view?
(a) Child.
(b) Tree.
(c) Dog.
(d) Elderly person.

2. The author in this section refers to which holiday?
(a) Halloween.
(b) Memorial Day.
(c) Christmas.
(d) New Year's Eve.

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

4. "The Unconscious as Gold Mine" consists of how many exercises?
(a) 9.
(b) 11.
(c) 6.
(d) 15.

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

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

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

8. Students are required to avoid what item in their work?
(a) Antonyms.
(b) Common words.
(c) Flowery language.
(d) Cliches.

9. "The Peasant Wedding" uses art from which famous artist?
(a) Bruegel.
(b) Picasso.
(c) Manet.
(d) Pollock.

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

11. Which author wrote "Breaking the Sentence; or, "No Sentences but in Things?"
(a) Snively.
(b) Morrison.
(c) Mitchell.
(d) Jackson.

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

13. The students are asked to describe something without using:
(a) Sight words.
(b) Adjectives.
(c) Comparisons.
(d) Metaphors.

14. "As/Like/Finish the Sentence" calls for the student to answer how many questions?
(a) 20.
(b) 100.
(c) 10.
(d) 40.

15. What is the name of Maxine Kumin's contribution?
(a) "Dream Notebooks".
(b) "Dream Journals".
(c) "Dream Realities".
(d) "Dream Notes".

Short Answer Questions

1. How many exercises are included in "The Things of This World: Image and Metaphor?"

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

3. How many lists are students required to save?

4. "Quilting in the Ditch" requires students to study what topic?

5. "A Little Night Music: The Narrative Metaphor" uses what as a base?

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