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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Complete the name of this chapter: ""Matthewsian Invisible ____."
(a) Man.
(b) Aircraft.
(c) Hinge.
(d) Poet.

3. The author also seeks to create what item in the students?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Awareness.
(c) Encouragement.
(d) Fearlessness.

4. In "Free-Verse Lineation," what is the format used in the original poem?
(a) Prose.
(b) Free verse.
(c) Villianelle.
(d) Sonnet.

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

6. In doing this exercise, students are asked to write about which topic?
(a) Word qualities.
(b) Relevance to the poem.
(c) Third person point of view.
(d) Personal opinions.

7. What famous poem is referenced in "A Lewis Carroll Carol?"
(a) Jabberwocky.
(b) The Hunting of the Snark.
(c) Through the Looking Glass.
(d) Phantasmagoria.

8. What phrase is each student required to use in the poem?
(a) "When I was Young."
(b) "Plausbility, Without Pause."
(c) "Breathless, Out of Breath."
(d) "Flaming Youth."

9. Most of the exercises in this section are:
(a) Pointless.
(b) Multiple choice.
(c) Missing.
(d) Short essays.

10. Gioia requires students to write their poems in what way?
(a) With crayons.
(b) Standing on the table tops.
(c) In the air.
(d) With their left hands.

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

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

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

14. In this section, students will create what item?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Simile.
(c) Quatrain.
(d) Haiku.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Many times students adopt particular actions. Which action is not included on the author's list?

2. What is the purpose of "Personal Universe Deck?"

3. "The Party of the Century" is what type of exercise?

4. "Finish This!" uses a poem by what famed female poet?

5. Instead of using a common set of opposites, the author suggests using something similar to which topic?

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