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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Cut-and-Shuffle" encourages:
(a) Freedom of speech.
(b) Nonsensical words.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Round robins.

2. Many times students adopt particular actions. Which action is not included on the author's list?
(a) Long descriptions.
(b) Improper syntax.
(c) Archaic speech patterns.
(d) Mannered tone.

3. How long will it takes students to complete the course used in "Writer's Block: An Antidote?"
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 1 month.
(d) 3 weeks.

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

5. Students are encouraged to play with what part of the poem?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Denouement.
(c) Introduction.
(d) Line breaks.

6. Words are categorized using what base?
(a) Senses.
(b) Length.
(c) Grammar.
(d) None.

7. What are students required to do in "Rhapsodizing Repetitions?"
(a) Repeat meanings of words.
(b) Avoid repetitions.
(c) Repeat the same word in each line.
(d) Learn to rhapsodize.

8. "Cut-and-Shuffle" requires the students to write how many poems?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

9. What requires explanation and exploration?
(a) Free verse.
(b) Metaphors.
(c) First impressions.
(d) Drawings.

10. "Smash Palace" teaches students the importance of which item?
(a) Spelling.
(b) Grammar
(c) Punctuation.
(d) Diversion.

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

12. This exercise may require students to use what as an aid?
(a) Dictionary.
(b) Thesaurus.
(c) Erasable ink.
(d) Fellow student.

13. What woman's name is mentioned as an example?
(a) Susan.
(b) Sally.
(c) Sibyl.
(d) Sissy.

14. This section requires students to create a poem consisting of a minimum of how many lines?
(a) 50.
(b) 72.
(c) 38.
(d) 40.

15. Dana Gioia discusses which topic?
(a) Prose.
(b) Free verse.
(c) Lyric poetry.
(d) Villianelles.

Short Answer Questions

1. The technique in this section is compared to what type of puzzle?

2. The author refers to this section as being:

3. In "Emotion/Motion/Ocean/Shun," the author teaches students about what topic?

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

5. In this section, the author states that one of the hardest things for would-be poets to overcome is:

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