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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 the world of imagination, Hugo believes that all things _____.
(a) Transcend.
(b) Are dull.
(c) Belong.
(d) Are equal.

2. What is the divorce rate in the town in one assumption?
(a) 50%.
(b) Zero.
(c) 40%.
(d) 100%.

3. What instrument does Lou McGarrity play?
(a) Trombone.
(b) Flute.
(c) Piano.
(d) Tuba.

4. In the case of the snake poem, Hugo thinks that the author got off the initiating subject _____.
(a) Too early.
(b) In an abrupt manner.
(c) Immediately.
(d) Late.

5. Hugo says that if one is a private poet, then one's vocabulary is limited to one's _____.
(a) Criticism.
(b) Training.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Obsessions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hugo work with Buzz Green?

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

3. The town doctor in one of the assumptions is _____.

4. Hugo teaches that what type of words soften the impact of language?

5. Hugo hopes that the student reading his book learns to write like _____.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In Hugo's opinion, why do most students respect Roethke as a teacher?

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

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

10. What is the nature of the initiating subject?

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