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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Finish This!" uses a poem by what famed female poet?
(a) Edna St. Vincent Millay.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Emma Lazarus.

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

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

4. How many poems will result from this group of exercises?
(a) 24.
(b) 12.
(c) 18.
(d) 16.

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

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

7. In this section, the author states that one of the hardest things for would-be poets to overcome is:
(a) Prejudice.
(b) Self criticism.
(c) Bad grades.
(d) Imagery.

8. The author seeks to bring about:
(a) Intuitive writing skills.
(b) Free association.
(c) Creative tension.
(d) Teamwork.

9. Who wrote "The Fill-in-the-Blanks or Definition Poem?"
(a) Behn.
(b) Digges.
(c) Maxim.
(d) Myers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long will it takes students to complete the course used in "Writer's Block: An Antidote?"

2. Who wrote "Opposites: The Attraction of Titles?"

3. This exercise may require students to use what as an aid?

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

5. What is the name of the method that teaches the use of rhythm and sound in free verse?

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