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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Getting at Metaphor" was written by which author?
(a) Mitchell.
(b) Morrison.
(c) Sandburg.
(d) Smith.

2. "As/Like/Finish the Sentence" requires students to write:
(a) Upside down.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Slowly.
(d) Blindfolded.

3. What is the name of Maxine Kumin's contribution?
(a) "Dream Notes".
(b) "Dream Realities".
(c) "Dream Journals".
(d) "Dream Notebooks".

4. Who caught the handkerchief?
(a) Deborah.
(b) Dolly.
(c) Dottie.
(d) Delores.

5. The author of this section encourages students to write about what topic?
(a) Wildnerness.
(b) Childhood.
(c) Self preservation.
(d) Future.

6. The author wants students to choose what kind of location?
(a) Comfortable.
(b) Solitary.
(c) Exotic.
(d) Random.

7. "Our Suits, Ourselves" is considered to be:
(a) Transformative.
(b) Pointless.
(c) Justified.
(d) Intense.

8. What topic is addressed in "Letter Poems?"
(a) Being in prison.
(b) Lost love.
(c) Childhood fantasies.
(d) Eavesdropping.

9. This section encourages students to:
(a) Write in free verse.
(b) Forge a poetic voice.
(c) Adopt a persona.
(d) Focus on masks.

10. The author claims that poems created in this way will be:
(a) Vivid and transparent.
(b) Telling and creative.
(c) Varied and significant.
(d) Traumatic and deep.

11. Maura Stanton's character hates what object?
(a) Water.
(b) Mud.
(c) Spaghetti.
(d) Airplanes.

12. Which of the following is not included among the required elements in this section?
(a) Mother.
(b) Oven.
(c) Something green.
(d) Something dead.

13. In this section, students are asked to write from whose point of view?
(a) Elderly person.
(b) Child.
(c) Tree.
(d) Dog.

14. Which item is not in the list of items?
(a) Rage.
(b) Sympathy.
(c) Justice.
(d) Order.

15. "The Unconscious as Gold Mine" consists of how many exercises?
(a) 15.
(b) 11.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is not on the list of unacceptable people to write about?

2. How many lists are used in the second section?

3. How many preparatory steps are used in "Five Easy Pieces?"

4. How long should one chant?

5. What example is not used in this section?

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