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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the maximum sentence length Hugo advises having in a poem?
(a) Ten words.
(b) Seventeen words.
(c) Seven words.
(d) Fifty words.

2. Where has Hugo worked that he says had little hostility between creative writers and academics?
(a) Purdue.
(b) Washington.
(c) Montana.
(d) Iowa.

3. To what do academic professors attribute the sudden popularity of creative writing classes, according to Hugo?
(a) Change in dietary habits.
(b) Television.
(c) Narcissism.
(d) Prosperity.

4. Who do the G.I.'s stomp and whistle for when she comes onscreen in the movie that Hugo says is worse than bombardier?
(a) Betty Hutton.
(b) Greta Garbo.
(c) Martha O'Driscoll.
(d) Jayne Mansfield.

5. Who is Hugo's creative writing teacher at West Seattle High School?
(a) Jonathon Baker Reese.
(b) Eliot Renner.
(c) Anne Johnstone.
(d) Belle McKensie.

6. Which short story of Faulkner's has the protagonist, Snopes?
(a) "Home".
(b) "Mirrors of Charle Street".
(c) "Barn Burning".
(d) "Jealousy".

7. Hugo feels that there is a tendency for literary professors to establish and maintain _____ over their students.
(a) Absolutely no control.
(b) Emotional advantages.
(c) Economic advantages.
(d) Strict control.

8. Hugo feels that the English language is deficient in _____.
(a) Honest adjectives.
(b) Effective homophones.
(c) Synonyms.
(d) Good full rhymes.

9. Hugo prefers the _____ tone he employs to a lot of qualifiers when giving poets rules to write by.
(a) Contemplative.
(b) Pedagogic.
(c) Axiomatic.
(d) Dogmatic.

10. What emotion does Hugo say is impossible for the poet because he has written every poem he loves?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Self-loathing.
(c) Rage.
(d) Jealousy.

11. What does Hugo call the tearing down of buildings, the building of new housing, etc., as being one problem for modern poets?
(a) Rapid dehumanization.
(b) Vapid consumerism.
(c) Class deterioration.
(d) Wholesale changes.

12. Who is the creative writing teacher credited for teaching Eliot, Williams, Hemingway, and Yeats?
(a) Thompson.
(b) Roehtke.
(c) Pound.
(d) Valery.

13. What does Hugo say that Auden believes is the nemesis of American writers?
(a) Distraction.
(b) Laziness.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Fear of failure.

14. When Hugo would hitchhike to Foggia, where does he sit alone drinking coffee, eating cookies, and listening to records?
(a) The army base.
(b) The USO club.
(c) The Red Cross.
(d) The officer's club.

15. Hugo states that a Snopes poet obviously finds conservatism _____.
(a) Suspect.
(b) Faultless.
(c) Natural.
(d) Abhorrent.

Short Answer Questions

1. The British colonel that Hugo meets in Europe on his tour of duty is what member of the British aristocracy?

2. If creative writing teachers are doing their jobs, Hugo says they are learning from their_____.

3. Hugo believes that worthwhile things can't be _____.

4. What is the term Hugo uses for an imperfect or partial rhyme?

5. Where does Hugo suggest placing a typed poem in order to feel pressure to work on it some more?

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