View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through How Poets Make a Living.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hugo believes that a public poet must be more intelligent than the reader so his _____ doesn't get in the way.
(a) Common sense.
(b) Lack of common sense.
(c) Didacticism.
(d) Heart.

2. In World War II, Hugo is a bombardier based in _____.
(a) Germany.
(b) Britain.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

3. Who says that poets don't take things as seriously as other people?
(a) Roethke.
(b) Pound.
(c) Auden.
(d) Yeats.

4. What instrument does Lou McGarrity play?
(a) Flute.
(b) Piano.
(c) Tuba.
(d) Trombone.

5. What does Hugo say that Auden believes is the nemesis of American writers?
(a) Laziness.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Fear of failure.
(d) Distraction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hugo says that Roethke only wanted _____ in his class because you can teach them.

2. Yeats, Hopkins, Auden, Thomas, Kunitz, and Bogan are described by Hugo as having _____ as determined by Roethke when he read their work aloud.

3. How long have the squatter and his wife been living next to the plant?

4. The hermit in one of Hugo's assumptions eats mostly _____.

5. Hugo advises that at all times, the student must keep his _____ on.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 216 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample