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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. Which poet tells Hugo that he has a hard time breaking Roethke's hold on him?
(a) David Wagoner.
(b) T.S. Eliot.
(c) Richard Wagner.
(d) Ezra Pound.

2. Hugo believes that if if a good poem comes out as a result of the triggering town, the town will become the poet's _____.
(a) Nemesis.
(b) Place to avoid.
(c) Hometown.
(d) Teacher.

3. Hugo teaches that what type of words soften the impact of language?
(a) Monosyllabic.
(b) Foreign words.
(c) Words that start with vowels.
(d) Multisyllabic.

4. Hugo hopes that the student reading his book learns to write like _____.
(a) Auden.
(b) The author.
(c) Himself.
(d) Yeats.

5. What is Buzz Green's previous profession?
(a) Symphony conductor.
(b) Train conductor.
(c) Jazz musician.
(d) Oil rig worker.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of Hugo's assumptions states that the name of the triggering town must appear _____.

2. Roethke is fond of quoting whose idea of "systematic derangement of the senses"?

3. Hugo sits home on Saturday nights _____ in one assumption.

4. What do the people in one assumption do to ward off boredom?

5. Where does Hugo work with Buzz Green?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the nature of the initiating subject?

3. Is anybody insane in the triggering town?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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