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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. Seamus Heaney is from which country?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Wales.
(c) Ireland.
(d) England.
2. Words are categorized using what base?
(a) None.
(b) Senses.
(c) Grammar.
(d) Length.
3. Who wrote "The Shell Game?"
(a) Maines.
(b) Starling.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Hogg.
4. What are students required to do in "Rhapsodizing Repetitions?"
(a) Repeat meanings of words.
(b) Learn to rhapsodize.
(c) Repeat the same word in each line.
(d) Avoid repetitions.
5. Dana Gioia discusses which topic?
(a) Lyric poetry.
(b) Villianelles.
(c) Prose.
(d) Free verse.
Short Answer Questions
1. "The Fill-in-the-Blanks or Definition Poem" discusses what common object?
2. "The Party of the Century" reviews what technique?
3. "The Props Assist the House" introduces which tool?
4. The author refers to this section as being:
5. This exercise is compared to which item/object?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the purpose of "Block, Pillar, Slab, and Beam?"
2. What is the "Matthewsian Invisible Hinge?"
3. What should students use as a basis for writing a poem in the section titled "Lyric Poetry"?
4. What is the purpose of cutting up magazines in Waldman's exercise "Collaborative Cut up?"
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. Why is rewriting a poem in formal verse a good antidote for a flawed free verse poem?
7. Explain the tool used in "In a Dark Room: Photography and Revision" and how they can help students in their work.
8. How is the technique used in "The Party of the Century" valuable as a group exercise?
9. What are the techniques employed in "Found in Translation" and "Homophonic Translation?"
10. What are the two basic structures used in "Truth in Strangeness: Accidents, Chance and the Non-rational?"
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