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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. Which colleague of Hugo's points out that "if you are not risking sentimentality, you are not close to your inner self"?
(a) Kittridge.
(b) Herrick.
(c) Auden.
(d) Marvel.

2. The grain elevator in one assumption is _____.
(a) Silver.
(b) Lopsided.
(c) Completely full.
(d) Rusted through.

3. Which person observes some mold and later cures gonorrhea?
(a) Marie Curie.
(b) Sir Alexander Fleming.
(c) Alexander Graham Bell.
(d) John George Alexander.

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

5. In the poem by Ghiselin, the snake's dwelling is that of a _____.
(a) Horny toad.
(b) Prairie dog.
(c) Gopher.
(d) Another snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hugo put in the silo in one of his poems?

2. Hugo thinks that Roethke is too _____ for his own good.

3. How many pencils does Hugo recommend sharpening to have on hand to write with?

4. Hugo states that people take their identities from their _____.

5. What kind of voice does Hugo say that Roethke used in class?

(see the answer key)

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