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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through In Defense of Creative-Writing Classes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hugo believes that if if a good poem comes out as a result of the triggering town, the town will become the poet's _____.
(a) Teacher.
(b) Nemesis.
(c) Place to avoid.
(d) Hometown.

2. What aspect of Reothke's teaching does Hugo find to be evidence of his cruelty?
(a) His critiques.
(b) His slothful explanations.
(c) His finals.
(d) His tardiness.

3. What contest do the former students of Hugo, Mike Ryan and Maura Stanton, win?
(a) Boston Review.
(b) Harvard Young Poets' Society.
(c) Yale Series of Young Poets.
(d) Brick & Mortar Review.

4. What does Hugo say seldom happens to writers who don't work at it?
(a) Lucky accidents.
(b) Proper recognition.
(c) Comraderie.
(d) Getting published.

5. Whose coarse teasing and ridicule does Hugo say the poet must endure to be his beautiful self?
(a) The lower self's.
(b) Philistine sailors'.
(c) Uneducated fools'.
(d) Dynastic youth's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In one of Hugo's assumptions, _____ at the farmer's market is punishable by death.

2. Hugo believes that a public poet must be more intelligent than the reader so his _____ doesn't get in the way.

3. If creative writing teachers are doing their jobs, Hugo says they are learning from their_____.

4. What word does Hugo say should only be used as a transitive verb for at least fifteen years?

5. Which person observes some mold and later cures gonorrhea?

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