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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. Exercises in this section give students:
(a) A headache
(b) Permission
(c) Inspiration
(d) Insight

2. Approximately how many writing exercises are included in the book?
(a) 90.
(b) 100.
(c) 75.
(d) 50.

3. Picturing a particular person in a particular place helps students to:
(a) Create a random scenario.
(b) Explore emotions about that person.
(c) Draw a mental picture.
(d) Recall specific details.

4. "As/Like/Finish the Sentence" requires students to write:
(a) Quickly.
(b) Upside down.
(c) Blindfolded.
(d) Slowly.

5. Who wrote the section about the handkerchief?
(a) Wilkinson.
(b) Wojan.
(c) Williamson.
(d) Wojohowitz.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which item are students not required to study in this section?

2. "Intriguing Objects Exercise/ 'Show and Tell'" offers what type of exercise?

3. Who contributed "Translations: Idea to Image?"

4. "Five Easy Pieces" actually has how many steps?

5. Which author wrote "Five Easy Pieces?"

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the exercise involving a copy of "The Peasant Wedding" by Bruegel.

3. What is the only request made by Roger Mitchell in the "Breaking the Sentence; or, No Sentences, but in Things?"

4. What is the purpose of wearing a costume or mask when writing?

5. Explain the technique used in "Who We Were" by Edward Hirsh. What is the expected end result?

6. Why does Dove insist that students use their first drawings for the poetry exercise?

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

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

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

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

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