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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 prefers the _____ tone he employs to a lot of qualifiers when giving poets rules to write by.
(a) Dogmatic.
(b) Axiomatic.
(c) Contemplative.
(d) Pedagogic.

2. Which profession does Hugo believe should be able to retire in twenty years with a full pension like policemen, firemen, and service personnel?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Bankers.
(c) Poets.
(d) Fiction writers.

3. Hugo says that if one is a private poet, then one's vocabulary is limited to one's _____.
(a) Obsessions.
(b) Criticism.
(c) Training.
(d) Intellect.

4. The two prostitutes in an assumption are nice to everyone but _____.
(a) Their mothers.
(b) The mayor.
(c) The author.
(d) Each other.

5. One assumption says that the churches are always _____.
(a) Full.
(b) Extreme.
(c) Dirty.
(d) Empty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hugo work with Buzz Green?

2. The town druggist on an assumption is _____.

3. All the poets that Hugo knows have an unusually strong _____.

4. What is the term Hugo uses for an imperfect or partial rhyme?

5. According to Hugo, Roethke has _____ values.

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