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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. The purpose of this chapter is to help students connect with what item?
(a) Mother.
(b) Subconscious.
(c) Inner poet.
(d) Roots.

2. "Voice" can also mean:
(a) Tone of a poem.
(b) Sound.
(c) Parts of speech.
(d) Individual personality.

3. Who wrote "Your Mother's Kitchen"?
(a) Mitchell.
(b) Hirsh.
(c) Smith.
(d) Dove.

4. Where did the scene with the handkerchief take place?
(a) On a train.
(b) In Mother's Kitchen.
(c) New York.
(d) Las Vegas.

5. "The Peasant Wedding" uses art from which famous artist?
(a) Bruegel.
(b) Pollock.
(c) Manet.
(d) Picasso.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately how many writing exercises are included in the book?

2. Which author wrote "Breaking the Sentence; or, "No Sentences but in Things?"

3. How many lines must the poem contain as a minimum?

4. "Our Suits, Ourselves" is considered to be:

5. The author wants students to choose what kind of location?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Rita Dove choose to use a kitchen as a point of reference for a poem?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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