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

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

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

4. Hugo vaguely recalls a class in 1948 when Roehtke defended _____ as important to creativity.
(a) Madness.
(b) Devotion.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Piety.

5. What animal roams the streets in one assumption?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Mountain lions.
(d) Horses.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the risk of violating the facts, Hugo believes that the subject of a poem should serve _____.

2. Hugo thinks that Roethke is too _____ for his own good.

3. Where do people sit a lot in one assumption?

4. Which artist does Hugo think is interpreted as a weirdo when one first sees his paintings?

5. Hugo states that all art that has endured has an element of _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hugo describe looking at the world of the imagination?

2. Why does Hugo say to "think small" when writing a poem?

3. What is the nature of the initiating subject?

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

5. Why does Hugo say that Roethke thinks that young chicks are the best students?

6. In what way does Hugo feel that young poets find it difficult to free themselves from the initiating subject of a poem?

7. What does Hugo point out are the distinctions between public and private poets?

8. What are the reasons Hugo gives when he agrees with Auden's view that poets don't take things as seriously as other people do?

9. What does Hugo say is Roethke's strength as a teacher?

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

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