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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. At the risk of violating the facts, Hugo believes that the subject of a poem should serve _____.
(a) The words.
(b) God's will.
(c) The greater good.
(d) As a reminder.

2. Hugo advises that the hard work put in on the first poem is responsible for the _____ of the second.
(a) Longer length.
(b) Lack of inspiration.
(c) Problems.
(d) Sudden ease.

3. Yeats is noted by Hugo as saying that, "as a writer, your most important arguments are with _____".
(a) Your teachers.
(b) Yourself.
(c) Your loved ones.
(d) God.

4. Hugo feels that true integrity is often willfully equated with _____.
(a) Spite.
(b) Sacrifice.
(c) Quietude.
(d) Dullness.

5. In the case of the snake poem, Hugo thinks that the author got off the initiating subject _____.
(a) Immediately.
(b) In an abrupt manner.
(c) Late.
(d) Too early.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do people sit a lot in one assumption?

2. In the poem by Ghiselin, the snake's dwelling is that of a _____.

3. Which clever, witty writer is described by Hugo as being able to conform the music of poetry to truth effectively?

4. To what do academic professors attribute the sudden popularity of creative writing classes, according to Hugo?

5. Hugo believes that if if a good poem comes out as a result of the triggering town, the town will become the poet's _____.

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