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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hugo suggests that if one wants to change what is on the page, try using the same words and play with the _____.
(a) Syntax.
(b) Spelling.
(c) Capitalization.
(d) Punctuation.

2. According to Hugo, _____ keeps alive a self deserving of rejection.
(a) Sadism.
(b) Self-loathing.
(c) Self-pity.
(d) Alcohol.

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

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

5. Hugo states that when he was in graduate school, a published scholar who wrote clearly was referred to as a _____.
(a) Fascist.
(b) Philistine.
(c) Popularizer.
(d) Communist.

6. Which famous poet does Hugo say informs and fills another body during the writing of a poem?
(a) Keats.
(b) Poe.
(c) Dickinson.
(d) Frost.

7. What is the name of the bush that grows wild in the Pacific Northwest that Hugo uses as a local noun?
(a) Salmonberry.
(b) Royal purple.
(c) Salal.
(d) Butterfly.

8. Which famous poet does Hugo name as having the notion of the mask during the writing of a poem?
(a) Cummings.
(b) Plath.
(c) Yeats.
(d) Whitman.

9. Hugo is distrustful of Eliot and Roethke because late in their careers the announced that they were _____.
(a) Happy.
(b) Retiring.
(c) Jaded.
(d) Poor.

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

11. What does Hugo say is the most important feeling a poet has?
(a) How he feels about loss.
(b) How he feels about himself.
(c) How he feels about the world.
(d) How he feels about love.

12. Who does the British colonel remind Hugo of?
(a) John Wayne.
(b) Herbert Marshall.
(c) Humphrey Bogart.
(d) W.C. Fields.

13. What is the name of the only celebrity that comes to visit Hugo's squadron during the war?
(a) Joe Lewis.
(b) Hope Daniels.
(c) Jerry Lewis.
(d) Bob Hope.

14. Who does Hugo say proposes that all literary teachers take creative writing?
(a) John Ericksson.
(b) W.B. Yeats.
(c) George Garrett.
(d) Ezra Pound.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hugo states that a Snopes poet obviously finds conservatism _____.

2. Which profession does Hugo believe should be able to retire in twenty years with a full pension like policemen, firemen, and service personnel?

3. Hugo says to hope hard to always fall short of _____.

4. What is the minimum sentence length Hugob advises having in a poem?

5. Hugo feels that the English language is deficient in _____.

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