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

2. What is Buzz Green's previous profession?
(a) Train conductor.
(b) Oil rig worker.
(c) Jazz musician.
(d) Symphony conductor.

3. Who remarks that American poetry could not help but get better and better?
(a) Valery.
(b) David Wagoner.
(c) Yeats.
(d) Mark Strand.

4. Which clever, witty writer is described by Hugo as being able to conform the music of poetry to truth effectively?
(a) Himself.
(b) Yeats.
(c) Pound.
(d) Auden.

5. Why does Hugo think his idea of the triggering town causes ideas for poems to come out more easily?
(a) Because it is free of personal association.
(b) Because it opens up psychic channels.
(c) Because one has intense attachment to it.
(d) Because it works for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which artist does Hugo think is interpreted as a weirdo when one first sees his paintings?

2. In the Hugo's opinion, a poet must have a streak of _____.

3. What kind of voice does Hugo say that Roethke used in class?

4. Hugo teaches that words love the _____ of people's minds.

5. What poem does Hugo describe as being "not good Hopkins"?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Hugo, what happens to words in a news article?

2. Why does Hugo suggest that the triggering town be unfamiliar?

3. How does Roethke read a poem, and what does Hugo say is the effect it has on students?

4. In what way does Hugo feel that young poets find it difficult to free themselves from the initiating subject of a poem?

5. Is anybody insane in the triggering town?

6. Describe the function of assumptions in the triggering town.

7. What does the hermit in one assumption do to fill his days?

8. How does Hugo describe Hieronymous Bosch's relationship with his paintings?

9. What happens to Hugo when he lives in New York in one assumption?

10. In Hugo's opinion, why do most students respect Roethke as a teacher?

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