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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much snow hits the town every year in one assumption?
(a) Four inches.
(b) Twenty feet.
(c) Seventy-seven inches.
(d) None.

2. Yeats, Hopkins, Auden, Thomas, Kunitz, and Bogan are described by Hugo as having _____ as determined by Roethke when he read their work aloud.
(a) Distinct use of slang.
(b) Good ears.
(c) Uncommon grace.
(d) An artist's ability to paint with words.

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

4. The two prostitutes in an assumption are nice to everyone but _____.
(a) Their mothers.
(b) The mayor.
(c) The author.
(d) Each other.

5. One assumption has the _____ being run by a kind man who lets kids in for free when nobody is looking.
(a) Carnival.
(b) Penny arcade.
(c) Movie house.
(d) Swimming pool.

6. What poem does Hugo describe as being "not good Hopkins"?
(a) "The Silver Jubilee".
(b) "The Handsome Heart".
(c) "The Sea Took Pity".
(d) "The Golden Echo".

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

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

9. Hugo says that Roethke only wanted _____ in his class because you can teach them.
(a) Senior citizens.
(b) Graduate students.
(c) Innocent young chicks.
(d) Brave young men.

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

11. Which clever, witty writer is described by Hugo as being able to conform the music of poetry to truth effectively?
(a) Himself.
(b) Yeats.
(c) Pound.
(d) Auden.

12. Who does Hugo put in the silo in one of his poems?
(a) Chorus girls.
(b) Babies.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Large rats.

13. What aspect of Reothke's teaching does Hugo find to be evidence of his cruelty?
(a) His slothful explanations.
(b) His critiques.
(c) His finals.
(d) His tardiness.

14. Hugo sits home on Saturday nights _____ in one assumption.
(a) Listening to the radio.
(b) Watching television.
(c) Eating fast food.
(d) Drawing comic book characters.

15. What era does Hugo say embodies sentimentality?
(a) The Neo-Classical era.
(b) The Victorian era.
(c) The Classical era.
(d) The Post-modern era.

Short Answer Questions

1. Specifically, Hugo asks students never to worry about _____.

2. The grain elevator in one assumption is _____.

3. Hugo vaguely recalls a class in 1948 when Roehtke defended _____ as important to creativity.

4. Hugo suggests the poet finish the poem first, then worry about being _____.

5. Hugo believes that after a long time and a lot of writing, a poet can go back to places of _____.

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