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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Cut-and-Shuffle" encourages:
(a) Freedom of speech.
(b) Nonsensical words.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Round robins.

2. What adjective is best used to describe the end result?
(a) Impressionistic.
(b) Self-referential.
(c) Volatile.
(d) Involved.

3. "Finish This!" uses a poem by what famed female poet?
(a) Edna St. Vincent Millay.
(b) Emily Dickinson.
(c) Emma Lazarus.
(d) Sylvia Plath.

4. What requires explanation and exploration?
(a) Drawings.
(b) First impressions.
(c) Metaphors.
(d) Free verse.

5. How long will it take students to complete the assignment in "Short Lines and Long Lines?"
(a) 1 week.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 10 minutes.
(d) 3 days.

6. What are students required to do in "Rhapsodizing Repetitions?"
(a) Avoid repetitions.
(b) Repeat meanings of words.
(c) Learn to rhapsodize.
(d) Repeat the same word in each line.

7. What famous poem is referenced in "A Lewis Carroll Carol?"
(a) The Hunting of the Snark.
(b) Phantasmagoria.
(c) Through the Looking Glass.
(d) Jabberwocky.

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

9. What are the two different kinds of truths?
(a) Intuitive and actual.
(b) True or false.
(c) Factual and psychological.
(d) Moral and amoral.

10. Gioia requires students to write their poems in what way?
(a) With their left hands.
(b) With crayons.
(c) In the air.
(d) Standing on the table tops.

11. This exercise is compared to which item/object?
(a) Being grounded.
(b) Boot camp.
(c) Reform school.
(d) Flying.

12. "Smash Palace" teaches students the importance of which item?
(a) Punctuation.
(b) Diversion.
(c) Spelling.
(d) Grammar

13. What are the two types of endings?
(a) Sterling and Convoluted.
(b) Triumphant and Meek.
(c) Transformative and Emphatic.
(d) Strong and Consistent.

14. What is the purpose of "Personal Universe Deck?"
(a) Kick start the writing process.
(b) To create one's own universe.
(c) Learn how to play poker.
(d) To stretch the imagination.

15. What topic is taught in "In a Dark Room: Photography and Revision?"
(a) Photographic memory.
(b) Writing in the dark.
(c) Poetic rehearsal.
(d) Perspective.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Instead of using a common set of opposites, the author suggests using something similar to which topic?

3. How long will it takes students to complete the course used in "Writer's Block: An Antidote?"

4. "The Props Assist the House" introduces which tool?

5. Students are encouraged to use unusual words through which method?

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