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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 many poetry exercises are contained in Part 5?
(a) 14.
(b) 11.
(c) 6.
(d) 25.

2. The author refers to this section as being:
(a) Free form.
(b) Intense.
(c) Wacky.
(d) Loose.

3. Who wrote "The Shell Game?"
(a) Hogg.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Maines.
(d) Starling.

4. 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.

5. "The Party of the Century" reviews what technique?
(a) Critique.
(b) Commonality.
(c) Revision.
(d) Collaboration.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Free-Verse Lineation," what is the format used in the original poem?

2. What is the purpose of "Personal Universe Deck?"

3. In doing this exercise, students are asked to write about which topic?

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

5. The author tells students not to be afraid of what item?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the "Matthewsian Invisible Hinge?"

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

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

6. Explain the poetic form called the Pantoum.

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

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

9. Explain the difference between factual and psychological truths.

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

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