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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. The purpose of the triggering town is to serve as a _____ for the poem.
(a) Common ground.
(b) Literal setting.
(c) Base of operations.
(d) Place to leave bad ideas.

2. What is the divorce rate in the town in one assumption?
(a) 100%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 50%.
(d) Zero.

3. 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) Place to avoid.
(b) Hometown.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Nemesis.

4. What other types of writing does Hugo say are already in English departments, making them the logical place to teach creative writing?
(a) Comedic and journalistic.
(b) Technical and dramatic.
(c) Conceptual and fictional.
(d) Critical and expository.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Roethke is fond of quoting whose idea of "systematic derangement of the senses"?

2. Hugo guesses that ____ of his ex-students are now publishing.

3. Who is the creative writing teacher credited for teaching Eliot, Williams, Hemingway, and Yeats?

4. What does Hugo say endures most in a poet's work?

5. According to Hugo, Valery says that when words are used to convey information, they _____.

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