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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. "As/Like/Finish the Sentence" calls for the student to answer how many questions?
(a) 20.
(b) 40.
(c) 100.
(d) 10.

2. "Intriguing Objects Exercise/ 'Show and Tell'" offers what type of exercise?
(a) Humorous.
(b) Individual.
(c) Group.
(d) Thought provoking.

3. "In the Waiting Room" encourages students to imitate what in a poem?
(a) Formula.
(b) Tone.
(c) Syntax.
(d) Voice.

4. How many words should students chant?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

5. Dreams offer what kind of poetic source?
(a) Prophetic.
(b) Inexhaustible.
(c) Vivid.
(d) Limited.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Our Suits, Ourselves" challenges the students':

2. What poet is used as a reference?

3. Students are also encouraged to use which object(s)?

4. How many lists are students required to save?

5. Who wrote "Dramatic Monologue: Carving the Voice, Carving the Masks?"

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Michael Pettit refer to the work of Walt Whitman?

2. What type of audience is most suited to the exercise in "The Widow?"

3. What is the general purpose of THE PRACTICE OF POETRY by Robin Behn?

4. How do the drawings used in "Your Mother's Kitchen" affect the final outcome of the poems?

5. Explain the steps used in "Five Easy Pieces."

6. What is the purpose of "The Unconscious As Gold Mine?"

7. Explain the process used in "A Journey to Nowhere" by Susan Snively.

8. Explain the exercise featured in "Quilting in the Ditch."

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

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

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