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

2. "Cut-and-Shuffle" requires the students to write how many poems?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

3. Gioia requires students to write their poems in what way?
(a) In the air.
(b) With crayons.
(c) Standing on the table tops.
(d) With their left hands.

4. How many poems must the students write in this exercise?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

5. In this section, students will create what item?
(a) Quatrain.
(b) Simile.
(c) Haiku.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Twenty Little Poetry Projects" offers what item to students?

2. Who wrote "The Shell Game?"

3. How many poems will result from this group of exercises?

4. Most of the exercises in this section are:

5. "Cut-and-Shuffle" encourages:

Short Essay Questions

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

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. According to the author of this section, what is the most difficult task facing students?

5. How important is it for students to choose a simple object for a Definition Poem?

6. What is the "Matthewsian Invisible Hinge?"

7. Explain the poetic form called the Pantoum.

8. Explain the difference between factual and psychological truths.

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

10. Why is rewriting a poem in formal verse a good antidote for a flawed free verse poem?

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