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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. Who caught the handkerchief?
(a) Dottie.
(b) Dolly.
(c) Delores.
(d) Deborah.

2. In "Dramatic Monologue: Carving the Voice, Carving the Masks," students are instructed to write a:
(a) Chatauqua.
(b) Soliloquy.
(c) Series of poems.
(d) Dramatic monologue.

3. Students are often confused by what word?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Syntax.
(c) Haiku.
(d) Quatrain.

4. "Five Easy Pieces" actually has how many steps?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

5. Who is not on the list of unacceptable people to write about?
(a) Elvis.
(b) Marilyn Monroe.
(c) The Beatles.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Getting at Metaphor" was written by which author?

2. Which character is not referenced in "Tabloid Tone Exercise?"

3. Who wrote the section about the handkerchief?

4. What is the name of Maxine Kumin's contribution?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the purpose of presenting exercises to be used in groups.

2. Explain how acting as a narrator for the famous encounter might change the tone of the finished poem?

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

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

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

6. Why does Rita Dove ask students to use crayons to draw pictures of their homes?

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

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

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

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

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