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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. Which of these tools is not mentioned in the steps of the little poetry project?
(a) Foreign language.
(b) Contradiction.
(c) Personification.
(d) Childhood memory.

2. What topic is taught in "In a Dark Room: Photography and Revision?"
(a) Writing in the dark.
(b) Photographic memory.
(c) Perspective.
(d) Poetic rehearsal.

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

4. "Twenty Little Poetry Projects" offers what item to students?
(a) Inspiration.
(b) Step-by-step recipe.
(c) Journal exercises.
(d) Detailed outline.

5. "Shall We Dance?" refers to what technique?
(a) Structure.
(b) Body movement.
(c) Musical rhythm.
(d) Composition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Part Six. "Musical Matters: Sound, Rhythm and the Line" contains how many exercises?

2. Words are categorized using what base?

3. This section requires students to create a poem consisting of a minimum of how many lines?

4. This exercise may require students to use what as an aid?

5. "The Party of the Century" is what type of exercise?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of "Block, Pillar, Slab, and Beam?"

2. Name two exercises that give students ideas on how to jump start or rewrite a poem that is not working in its present state.

3. What is the "Matthewsian Invisible Hinge?"

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

5. How is the technique used in "The Party of the Century" valuable as a group exercise?

6. What is Free Verse Lineation? What is the purpose of using it in an exercise?

7. How does the exercise on sonnets create a friendly forum and technique for students?

8. What is the purpose of the exercises in "Cut and Shuffle?" What technique is used?

9. What should students use as a basis for writing a poem in the section titled "Lyric Poetry"?

10. Explain the difference between factual and psychological truths.

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