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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Hugo states that some traditionalists seem to think that _____ exist to be solved for their own sake, as if the poet is an engineer.
(a) Forms.
(b) Phrases.
(c) Words.
(d) Problems.

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

4. When writing a poem, what does Hugo suggest leaves a person more options?
(a) Guessing.
(b) Truth.
(c) Comparisons.
(d) Verification.

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

6. One of Hugo's assumptions states that the name of the triggering town must appear _____.
(a) At the beginning of the denouement.
(b) In the first paragraph.
(c) In the title.
(d) At the very end.

7. People who hated the town left long ago and are wealthy in ____ in one assumption.
(a) Greece.
(b) England.
(c) Thailand.
(d) South Africa.

8. At what age does Hugo start teaching?
(a) Sixty-five.
(b) Forty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Twenty-five.

9. What is poorly maintained in one assumption, causing only a few people to attend events there?
(a) The high school gymnasium.
(b) The ballpark.
(c) The performing arts center.
(d) The college.

10. Specifically, Hugo asks students never to worry about _____.
(a) Their grades.
(b) Critical acclaim.
(c) Money.
(d) The reader.

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

12. Which artist does Hugo think is interpreted as a weirdo when one first sees his paintings?
(a) Hieronymus Bosch.
(b) Vincent Van Gogh.
(c) Claude Monet.
(d) Salvador Dali.

13. How does Hugo describe Roethke's clothes?
(a) As Gothic.
(b) As feminine and colorful.
(c) As crisp and clean.
(d) As rotted and rags.

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

15. Where does Hugo work with Buzz Green?
(a) State Farm.
(b) Lockheed Martin.
(c) The postal service.
(d) The Boeing Company.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does Lou McGarrity play?

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

3. In one assumption, Hugo is an _____ who returns to the town.

4. All the poets that Hugo knows have an unusually strong _____.

5. Hugo says that for Roehtke, the rules are simply one way to help a poet get to _____.

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