View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hugo says that once a language exists only to convey information, it is _____.
(a) Evolved.
(b) Dying.
(c) Dictating.
(d) Interesting.

2. Hugo states that people take their identities from their _____.
(a) Relationships.
(b) Failures.
(c) Jobs.
(d) Art work.

3. Who says "...the more I practice, the luckier I get."?
(a) Jack Nicklaus.
(b) Salvador Dali.
(c) Lou McGarrity.
(d) Johnny Carson.

4. According to Hugo, Roethke has _____ values.
(a) Hedonisitic.
(b) Bourgeois.
(c) Non-existent.
(d) Christian.

5. What response from Roethke to a student's poem does Hugo find withering?
(a) "Gee."
(b) "That is garbage."
(c) "Good effort."
(d) "Go home."

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

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

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

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

10. What is the divorce rate in the town in one assumption?
(a) 50%.
(b) Zero.
(c) 100%.
(d) 40%.

11. Hugo suggests the poet finish the poem first, then worry about being _____.
(a) Powerful.
(b) Valid.
(c) Right or sane.
(d) Judged by his peers.

12. The town doctor in one of the assumptions is _____.
(a) A gifted healer.
(b) Corrupt and incompetent.
(c) Also the town drunk.
(d) Dying of cancer.

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

14. The hermit in one of Hugo's assumptions eats mostly _____.
(a) Fried potatoes.
(b) Sardines.
(c) Popcorn.
(d) Grub worms.

15. In the poem by Ghiselin, the snake's dwelling is that of a _____.
(a) Another snake.
(b) Prairie dog.
(c) Gopher.
(d) Horny toad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hugo believes that a poet must take _____of a triggering town.

2. In the world of imagination, Hugo believes that all things _____.

3. At what age does Hugo start teaching?

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

5. Hugo tells the poet not to worry about _____ when writing.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 372 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample