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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) Rain.
(b) Car.
(c) Umbrella.
(d) Door.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. This section teaches students about which poetic aspect?
(a) Round robin poetry.
(b) Poetry set to music.
(c) Rhythm.
(d) Technique.

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

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

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

13. "Intelligence Test" was written by Turner. What is the author's first name?
(a) Alice.
(b) Alberta.
(c) Roberta.
(d) Enid.

14. "Block, Pillar, Slab, and Beam" deals with what topic?
(a) Lumber store.
(b) Construction.
(c) Monuments.
(d) Houses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of "Jump Starting the Dead Poem"?

2. In doing this exercise, students are asked to write about which topic?

3. Complete the name of this chapter: ""Matthewsian Invisible ____."

4. Who wrote "The Shell Game?"

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

(see the answer keys)

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