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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In one of Hugo's assumptions, _____ at the farmer's market is punishable by death.
(a) Eating mushrooms.
(b) Bargaining.
(c) Selling corn.
(d) Stealing.

2. Hugo says that for Roehtke, the rules are simply one way to help a poet get to _____.
(a) Heaven.
(b) A master's degree.
(c) The gold.
(d) Publish.

3. The purpose of the triggering town is to serve as a _____ for the poem.
(a) Common ground.
(b) Base of operations.
(c) Literal setting.
(d) Place to leave bad ideas.

4. One assumption has the _____ being run by a kind man who lets kids in for free when nobody is looking.
(a) Carnival.
(b) Swimming pool.
(c) Movie house.
(d) Penny arcade.

5. Which poet does Hugo believes appears to be usual when he is, in fact, a near-perfect example of the unusual in that he is one of the best poets out there?
(a) Mark Strand.
(b) Roethke.
(c) William Stafford.
(d) Wallace Stevens.

Short Answer Questions

1. The surrounding country in one assumption is _____.

2. What is Buzz Green's previous profession?

3. According to Hugo, Roethke has _____ values.

4. Hugo suggests the poet finish the poem first, then worry about being _____.

5. Yeats, Hopkins, Auden, Thomas, Kunitz, and Bogan are described by Hugo as having _____ as determined by Roethke when he read their work aloud.

Short Essay Questions

1. In the poem "At Stillit's Mouth", what does Hugo say about his own sense of the dramatic?

2. Why are people suspicious of Hugo in the assumption about couples?

3. How does Hugo describe the role of the imagination in poetry?

4. What does the hermit in one assumption do to fill his days?

5. Describe the two outcomes of the annual picnic in the triggering town.

6. According to Hugo, what can happen to facts when writing a poem?

7. What is Buzz Green's description of Lou Garrity's trombone playing and how does it relate to Hugo's idea of writing poetry?

8. What happens in the assumption where the outcast returns?

9. What happens to Hugo when he lives in New York in one assumption?

10. How does Roethke read a poem, and what does Hugo say is the effect it has on students?

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