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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. This section encourages students to:

2. Students are required to avoid what item in their work?

3. The first exercise is directed to examine initial encounters with what item?

4. The author of this section encourages students to write about what topic?

5. Where did the scene with the handkerchief take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of wearing a costume or mask when writing?

2. What is the purpose of using dream notebooks and existing journal entries?

3. How do the drawings used in "Your Mother's Kitchen" affect the final outcome of the poems?

4. Why does Dove insist that students use their first drawings for the poetry exercise?

5. Explain the process used in "A Journey to Nowhere" by Susan Snively.

6. Explore Leslie Ullman's contribution to this section. Why would one argue with oneself?

7. Explain the purpose of presenting exercises to be used in groups.

8. What is the only request made by Roger Mitchell in the "Breaking the Sentence; or, No Sentences, but in Things?"

9. Explain the steps used in "Five Easy Pieces."

10. Why does Rita Dove ask students to use crayons to draw pictures of their homes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the processes and steps involved in the section titled "Five Easy Pieces." Explain each of the seven steps in the exercise and why it each is important as a stand alone and as a contribution to the whole work. Would the poem work without one of the steps? If so, which one? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Deborah Digges introduces construction and deconstruction in "Block, Pillar, Slab, and Beam." Compare and contrast the two methods. State which you think is more effective in learning about poetry. Give examples.

Essay Topic 3

What is the purpose of using "The Cat Poem" by William Carlos Williams? Who is Williams? What contributions has he made to poetry? What other works written by Williams have become well known?

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