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

2. What tool is the student asked to use to create in this section?
(a) Crayons.
(b) Rubber band.
(c) Hammer.
(d) Spoon.

3. "As/Like/Finish the Sentence" calls for the student to answer how many questions?
(a) 20.
(b) 10.
(c) 100.
(d) 40.

4. How many exercises are included in "The Things of This World: Image and Metaphor?"
(a) 6.
(b) 9.
(c) 11.
(d) 7.

5. Who contributed "Translations: Idea to Image?"
(a) Ann Lauterbach.
(b) Maxine Kumin.
(c) Carol Muske.
(d) TS Eliot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Students are asked to examine their:

3. "The Peasant Wedding" uses art from which famous artist?

4. What period of art is used in an exercise?

5. Who wrote "Your Mother's Kitchen"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain the purpose of "Translations: Idea to Change."

3. Explain the technique and purpose behind the exercise in "The Widow."

4. Why is it important to teach beginning poets about the use of specific images?

5. Explain the exercise featured in "Quilting in the Ditch."

6. Explain how acting as a narrator for the famous encounter might change the tone of the finished poem?

7. What is the general purpose of THE PRACTICE OF POETRY by Robin Behn?

8. Why is it important to experience writing in another person's voice?

9. Why are students required to write a serious poem about a tabloid story?

10. Explain the four abstractions and what students are required to do with them.

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