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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color paper is, in Hugo's opinion, easy on the eyes?
(a) Pink.
(b) Green.
(c) Beige.
(d) Yellow.

2. What is it called when a poet restates the same idea in a different way?
(a) Being redundant.
(b) Being sarcastic.
(c) Being clear.
(d) Being clever.

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

4. What is the name of the bombardier that attended Stanford University for a year or two?
(a) Jeffrey Calhoun.
(b) John Seagal.
(c) Barry McCormack.
(d) Bob Mills.

5. Hugo's fear when he is bombing makes it hard concentration difficult and he didn't trust _____.
(a) The strategy.
(b) His captain.
(c) His eyesight.
(d) The equipment.

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

7. How many pencils does Hugo recommend sharpening to have on hand to write with?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

8. What is the term Hugo uses for adding unnecessary words to a form?
(a) Clarifying.
(b) Padding.
(c) Overfilling.
(d) Complicating.

9. In World War II, Hugo is a bombardier based in _____.
(a) Germany.
(b) Britain.
(c) France.
(d) Italy.

10. Which famous poet does Hugo say becomes someone else during the writing of a poem?
(a) Auden.
(b) Wilde.
(c) Neruda.
(d) Lowell.

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

12. Hugo guesses that ____ of his ex-students are now publishing.
(a) All.
(b) Ten.
(c) Over a hundred.
(d) Forty.

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

14. What word does Hugo say should only be used as a transitive verb for at least fifteen years?
(a) Hate.
(b) Love.
(c) Envy.
(d) Need.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Hugo reclaims his past in the war, he and his wife become tourists and visit _____ in Lecce.

2. What emotion does Hugo say is impossible for the poet because he has written every poem he loves?

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

4. What other types of writing does Hugo say are already in English departments, making them the logical place to teach creative writing?

5. What contest do the former students of Hugo, Mike Ryan and Maura Stanton, win?

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