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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hugo think his idea of the triggering town causes ideas for poems to come out more easily?
(a) Because it opens up psychic channels.
(b) Because one has intense attachment to it.
(c) Because it is free of personal association.
(d) Because it works for him.

2. What animal roams the streets in one assumption?
(a) Horses.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Mountain lions.
(d) Coyotes.

3. Where do people sit a lot in one assumption?
(a) In their cars at stoplights that don't work.
(b) On swings in the park.
(c) On their porches.
(d) On their sofas.

4. Hugo states that young poets find it difficult to free themselves from _____.
(a) Convention.
(b) The initiating subject.
(c) Writer's block.
(d) Plagiarism.

5. Hugo teaches that words love the _____ of people's minds.
(a) Malleability.
(b) Ridiculous areas.
(c) Sticky problems.
(d) Corny inhabitants.

6. 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) Context.
(c) Syntax.
(d) Usage.

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

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

9. Hugo believes that a poet must take _____of a triggering town.
(a) Total control.
(b) Stock.
(c) Care.
(d) Emotional possession.

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

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

12. 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.

13. Hugo thinks that Roethke is too _____ for his own good.
(a) Detailed.
(b) Slothful.
(c) Competitive.
(d) Arrogant.

14. How many people are in jail in one assumption?
(a) One.
(b) Half the town.
(c) Ten.
(d) Sixty people over sixty.

15. Hugo maintains that once the poet has a certain amount of _____, one can forget it in the act of writing.
(a) Raw talent.
(b) Accumulated technique.
(c) Experience.
(d) Formal training.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Buzz Green's previous profession?

2. Who remarks that American poetry could not help but get better and better?

3. How much snow hits the town every year in one assumption?

4. Hugo states that some traditionalists seem to think that _____ exist to be solved for their own sake, as if the poet is an engineer.

5. What does Hugo say seldom happens to writers who don't work at it?

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