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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 example is not used in this section?
(a) Lathe.
(b) Adz.
(c) Tourniquet.
(d) Bungee jumping.

2. The students are asked to describe something without using:
(a) Sight words.
(b) Adjectives.
(c) Metaphors.
(d) Comparisons.

3. In this section, the word "self" may bring an image of what item?
(a) Shoe laces.
(b) Child.
(c) Kitten.
(d) Brussels sprouts.

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

5. What famous woman is referred to in this section?
(a) Charlotte Bronte.
(b) Amelia Earhart.
(c) Jane Austen..
(d) Eleanor Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Students writing about a journey should end up where?

2. Step three requires students to use what tool?

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

4. "A Little Night Music: The Narrative Metaphor" uses what as a base?

5. Who is not on the list of unacceptable people to write about?

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 "The Unconscious As Gold Mine?"

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

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

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

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

8. Explain the technique and purpose behind the exercise in "The Widow."

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

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

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