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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 does Hugo say seldom happens to writers who don't work at it?
(a) Proper recognition.
(b) Lucky accidents.
(c) Comraderie.
(d) Getting published.

2. The town druggist on an assumption is _____.
(a) An ex-football player.
(b) A womanizer.
(c) An alcoholic.
(d) A drug dealer on the side.

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

4. Hugo thinks that Roethke is too _____ for his own good.
(a) Detailed.
(b) Competitive.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Slothful.

5. On which day of the week does the wind stop blowing in one assumption?
(a) Friday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Saturday.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age does Hugo start teaching?

2. How many people are in jail in one assumption?

3. At the risk of violating the facts, Hugo believes that the subject of a poem should serve _____.

4. Hugo suggests that if one wants to change what is on the page, try using the same words and play with the _____.

5. Hugo says that creative writers are privileged because they can write _____.

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