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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. What instrument does Lou McGarrity play?
(a) Trombone.
(b) Piano.
(c) Flute.
(d) Tuba.
2. In the poem by Ghiselin, the snake's dwelling is that of a _____.
(a) Horny toad.
(b) Prairie dog.
(c) Another snake.
(d) Gopher.
3. Hugo says that Roethke only wanted _____ in his class because you can teach them.
(a) Senior citizens.
(b) Innocent young chicks.
(c) Graduate students.
(d) Brave young men.
4. Who says that poets don't take things as seriously as other people?
(a) Auden.
(b) Roethke.
(c) Yeats.
(d) Pound.
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) Roethke.
(b) William Stafford.
(c) Wallace Stevens.
(d) Mark Strand.
Short Answer Questions
1. In the world of imagination, Hugo believes that all things _____.
2. The town doctor in one of the assumptions is _____.
3. What animal roams the streets in one assumption?
4. How much snow hits the town every year in one assumption?
5. Hugo states that some traditionalists seem to think that _____ exist to be solved for their own sake, as if the poet is an engineer.
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the schoolhouse in the triggering town and who teaches there.
2. According to Hugo, what can happen to facts when writing a poem?
3. What are the two attitudes Hugo says a writer carries to the page?
4. What is the nature of the initiating subject?
5. What are some of the ways Hugo suggests moving away from the initiating subject?
6. What does Hugo point out are the distinctions between public and private poets?
7. Describe Hugo's advice on hard work when writing poetry.
8. How does Roethke read a poem, and what does Hugo say is the effect it has on students?
9. Describe the function of assumptions in the triggering town.
10. What is Hugo's impression of Roethke's demeanor?
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