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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "The Fill-in-the-Blanks or Definition Poem" discusses what common object?
(a) Umbrella.
(b) Car.
(c) Rain.
(d) Door.

2. "Scissors & Scotch Tape" is which type of exercise?
(a) Cut and paste.
(b) Creating cut outs.
(c) Word association.
(d) Collage.

3. "The Props Assist the House" introduces which tool?
(a) Base line.
(b) Clarification.
(c) Rhythm.
(d) Rhyme.

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

5. Who wrote "Make Your Own System?"
(a) Mackie.
(b) McDonald.
(c) McEvoy.
(d) Mac Low.

6. What type of song is "Shall We Dance?"
(a) Pas de deux.
(b) Waltz.
(c) Rhumba.
(d) Line dance.

7. How long will it take students to complete the assignment in "Short Lines and Long Lines?"
(a) 1 week.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 2 weeks.

8. Students are required to begin the exercise using what type of poem?
(a) Loosely structured.
(b) Formal prose.
(c) Free verse.
(d) Varied.

9. What famous poet is referred to in "Rhapsodizing Repetitions?"
(a) Poe.
(b) Ashbery.
(c) Pound.
(d) Heaney.

10. What are the two different kinds of truths?
(a) Intuitive and actual.
(b) True or false.
(c) Moral and amoral.
(d) Factual and psychological.

11. "The Party of the Century" reviews what technique?
(a) Critique.
(b) Collaboration.
(c) Commonality.
(d) Revision.

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

13. What is the topic of "'Que Sera, Sera' and Other False Premises?"
(a) Forgery.
(b) Negative opposites.
(c) Trespassing.
(d) French terminology.

14. What topic is taught in "In a Dark Room: Photography and Revision?"
(a) Photographic memory.
(b) Writing in the dark.
(c) Perspective.
(d) Poetic rehearsal.

15. How many poems must the students write in this exercise?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not one of the objectives in the exercise?

2. The author tells students not to be afraid of what item?

3. "Twenty Little Poetry Projects" offers what item to students?

4. How many poems will result from this group of exercises?

5. What famous poem is referenced in "A Lewis Carroll Carol?"

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