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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What topic is addressed in "Letter Poems?"
(a) Being in prison.
(b) Childhood fantasies.
(c) Eavesdropping.
(d) Lost love.

2. The first exercise is directed to examine initial encounters with what item?
(a) Famous Poets.
(b) Psyche.
(c) Language.
(d) Poetry.

3. Which of the following is not included among the required elements in this section?
(a) Oven.
(b) Something green.
(c) Something dead.
(d) Mother.

4. Which character is not referenced in "Tabloid Tone Exercise?"
(a) Alien father.
(b) Bat Boy.
(c) 32 pound baby.
(d) Elvis.

5. "Our Suits, Ourselves" is considered to be:
(a) Transformative.
(b) Justified.
(c) Intense.
(d) Pointless.

Short Answer Questions

1. Picturing a particular person in a particular place helps students to:

2. "Voice" can also mean:

3. Maura Stanton's character hates what object?

4. A strong poem often contains a:

5. In "Dramatic Monologue: Carving the Voice, Carving the Masks," students are instructed to write a:

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main purpose of "The Things of This World: Image and Metaphor?"

2. Why is it important to teach beginning poets about the use of specific images?

3. What is the technique outlined in "A Little Night Music: the Narrative Metaphor?"

4. Why are students required to write a serious poem about a tabloid story?

5. What is the purpose of using dream notebooks and existing journal entries?

6. Why are tabloids good fodder for poetry?

7. Why is it important to experience writing in another person's voice?

8. Explain the four abstractions and what students are required to do with them.

9. What are the two steps required in the exercise in "As/like/Finish the Sentence?"

10. Explore Leslie Ullman's contribution to this section. Why would one argue with oneself?

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