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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these tools is not mentioned in the steps of the little poetry project?
(a) Foreign language.
(b) Childhood memory.
(c) Personification.
(d) Contradiction.

2. Who wrote "Opposites: The Attraction of Titles?"
(a) Bern.
(b) Behn.
(c) Dischell.
(d) Myerson.

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

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

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

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

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

8. The author refers to this section as being:
(a) Wacky.
(b) Intense.
(c) Loose.
(d) Free form.

9. How many poetry exercises are contained in Part 5?
(a) 6.
(b) 14.
(c) 25.
(d) 11.

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

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

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

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

14. The author tells students not to be afraid of what item?
(a) Speaking in public.
(b) The craft.
(c) Revealing oneself.
(d) Spiders.

15. "Stealing the Goods" requires students to focus on which item?
(a) Altruism.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Cleverness.
(d) Quality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous poet is referred to in "Rhapsodizing Repetitions?"

2. Gioia requires students to write their poems in what way?

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

4. Who wrote "The Fill-in-the-Blanks or Definition Poem?"

5. "Cut-and-Shuffle" encourages:

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