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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. What is the term Hugo uses for adding unnecessary words to a form?
(a) Complicating.
(b) Padding.
(c) Clarifying.
(d) Overfilling.

2. Which poet tells Hugo that he has a hard time breaking Roethke's hold on him?
(a) Ezra Pound.
(b) David Wagoner.
(c) Richard Wagner.
(d) T.S. Eliot.

3. Which artist does Hugo think is interpreted as a weirdo when one first sees his paintings?
(a) Hieronymus Bosch.
(b) Vincent Van Gogh.
(c) Claude Monet.
(d) Salvador Dali.

4. Where does Hugo suggest placing a typed poem in order to feel pressure to work on it some more?
(a) On a mirror.
(b) In a pocket.
(c) On the wall.
(d) In a drawer.

5. How many people are in jail in one assumption?
(a) One.
(b) Ten.
(c) Half the town.
(d) Sixty people over sixty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hugo says that Roethke only wanted _____ in his class because you can teach them.

2. What is the minimum sentence length Hugob advises having in a poem?

3. What instrument does Lou McGarrity play?

4. Which Shakespeare play has Regan and Cornwall blinding Gloucester?

5. If a person can't think small when writing a poem, Hugo suggests that he try _____.

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