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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hugo thinks it is easier to write when you can ignore relative values and go with the _____ of words.
(a) Overall concept.
(b) Finer points.
(c) Didacticism.
(d) Flow and thrust.

2. Hugo says that if one is a private poet, then one's vocabulary is limited to one's _____.
(a) Criticism.
(b) Training.
(c) Obsessions.
(d) Intellect.

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

4. Hugo teaches that one way of getting into the world of the imagination is to focus on the play rather than the _____ of words.
(a) Meaning.
(b) Syntax.
(c) Usage.
(d) Context.

5. Hugo advises that the hard work put in on the first poem is responsible for the _____ of the second.
(a) Problems.
(b) Sudden ease.
(c) Lack of inspiration.
(d) Longer length.

6. Hugo teaches that what type of words soften the impact of language?
(a) Multisyllabic.
(b) Words that start with vowels.
(c) Monosyllabic.
(d) Foreign words.

7. In the world of imagination, Hugo believes that all things _____.
(a) Belong.
(b) Are equal.
(c) Are dull.
(d) Transcend.

8. In one assumption, Hugo is an _____ who returns to the town.
(a) Old farmhand.
(b) Outcast.
(c) Army deserter.
(d) Action star.

9. According to Hugo, Valery says that when words are used to convey information, they _____.
(a) Reanimate.
(b) Become true.
(c) Correlate.
(d) Dissolve.

10. Roethke is fond of quoting whose idea of "systematic derangement of the senses"?
(a) Mallarme's.
(b) Williams'.
(c) Sartre's.
(d) Rimbaud's.

11. 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.

12. Hugo states that the earth takes its configurations from the _____.
(a) The laws of nature.
(b) Time of day.
(c) Topography of the landscape.
(d) Type of weather occurrances

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

14. The purpose of the triggering town is to serve as a _____ for the poem.
(a) Literal setting.
(b) Place to leave bad ideas.
(c) Base of operations.
(d) Common ground.

15. What do the people in one assumption do to ward off boredom?
(a) Eat constantly.
(b) Build houses for the poor.
(c) Drink constantly.
(d) Commit adultery.

Short Answer Questions

1. One assumption says that the churches are always _____.

2. What era does Hugo say embodies sentimentality?

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

4. If a person can't think small when writing a poem, Hugo suggests that he try _____.

5. Which person observes some mold and later cures gonorrhea?

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