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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 is the purpose of "Index/Table of Contents Exercise?"
(a) To outline a book.
(b) To learn how to index.
(c) To understand how books are published.
(d) To create characterization.

2. What famous poet is referred to in "Rhapsodizing Repetitions?"
(a) Ashbery.
(b) Pound.
(c) Poe.
(d) Heaney.

3. What type of song is "Shall We Dance?"
(a) Rhumba.
(b) Line dance.
(c) Waltz.
(d) Pas de deux.

4. In this section, the author states that one of the hardest things for would-be poets to overcome is:
(a) Self criticism.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Bad grades.
(d) Prejudice.

5. The author tells students not to be afraid of what item?
(a) Spiders.
(b) Revealing oneself.
(c) The craft.
(d) Speaking in public.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Scissors & Scotch Tape" is which type of exercise?

2. What topic is taught in "In a Dark Room: Photography and Revision?"

3. "Cut-and-Shuffle" encourages:

4. "Finish This!" uses a poem by what famed female poet?

5. Who wrote "Block, Pillar, Slab, and Beam?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two basic structures used in "Truth in Strangeness: Accidents, Chance and the Non-rational?"

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

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

4. What is the "Matthewsian Invisible Hinge?"

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

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

7. Explain the difference between factual and psychological truths.

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

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

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

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