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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) 6 days.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 3 weeks.
(d) 1 month.

2. In "Emotion/Motion/Ocean/Shun," the author teaches students about what topic?
(a) Parallel concepts.
(b) Progression of vowel usage.
(c) Anit-rhythm.
(d) Nesting rhymes.

3. Dana Gioia discusses which topic?
(a) Free verse.
(b) Lyric poetry.
(c) Villianelles.
(d) Prose.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "The Fill-in-the-Blanks or Definition Poem?"

2. What famous poem is referenced in "A Lewis Carroll Carol?"

3. What is the purpose of "Jump Starting the Dead Poem"?

4. What will students be required to use when writing this poem?

5. Many times students adopt particular actions. Which action is not included on the author's list?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Explain the poetic form called the Pantoum.

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

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

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

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