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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. How long will it takes students to complete the course used in "Writer's Block: An Antidote?"
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 3 weeks.

2. What are students required to do in "Rhapsodizing Repetitions?"
(a) Learn to rhapsodize.
(b) Repeat the same word in each line.
(c) Repeat meanings of words.
(d) Avoid repetitions.

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

4. "Block, Pillar, Slab, and Beam" deals with what topic?
(a) Construction.
(b) Monuments.
(c) Houses.
(d) Lumber store.

5. What are homonyms?
(a) Words that sound the same.
(b) Words that are opposites.
(c) Words with the same meaning but different spellings.
(d) A style of poetry involving people.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Emotion/Motion/Ocean/Shun," the author teaches students about what topic?

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

3. "Cut-and-Shuffle" requires the students to write how many poems?

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

5. "Shall We Dance?" refers to what technique?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the difference between factual and psychological truths.

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the "Matthewsian Invisible Hinge?"

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

9. Explain the poetic form called the Pantoum.

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

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