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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. Many times students adopt particular actions. Which action is not included on the author's list?
(a) Archaic speech patterns.
(b) Long descriptions.
(c) Mannered tone.
(d) Improper syntax.

2. Part Six. "Musical Matters: Sound, Rhythm and the Line" contains how many exercises?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 14.

3. Seamus Heaney is from which country?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Ireland.
(c) England.
(d) Wales.

4. What is the name of the method that teaches the use of rhythm and sound in free verse?
(a) Flow.
(b) Patterning.
(c) Melodiousness.
(d) Rhythmic.

5. In "Free-Verse Lineation," what is the format used in the original poem?
(a) Villianelle.
(b) Sonnet.
(c) Free verse.
(d) Prose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Students are encouraged to play with what part of the poem?

2. Students are required to begin the exercise using what type of poem?

3. The author refers to this section as being:

4. The author seeks to bring about:

5. How long will it takes students to complete the course used in "Writer's Block: An Antidote?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a nesting rhyme? How does it compare to a diminishing rhyme? Explain the technique.

2. Explain the instructions for "Smash Palace" and its purpose.

3. What are the techniques employed in "Found in Translation" and "Homophonic Translation?"

4. Why does the author choose to use "A Lewis Carroll Carol" as a learning tool?

5. What is the purpose of cutting up magazines in Waldman's exercise "Collaborative Cut up?"

6. What type of music is suggested in "Shall We Dance"? What should students focus on regarding the beat?

7. Explain the poetic form called the Pantoum.

8. What is the goal in the section titled "Stealing the Goods"?

9. What is an "imitative fallacy?" How is it used in poetry and by whom?

10. Explain the difference between factual and psychological truths.

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