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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 feels that the English language is deficient in _____.
(a) Good full rhymes.
(b) Synonyms.
(c) Honest adjectives.
(d) Effective homophones.

2. Whose "albatross" does Hugo mention when speaking of the poetry student's ability to fly?
(a) Mallarme's.
(b) Baudelaire's.
(c) Voltaire's
(d) Constantine's.

3. Hugo states that a Snopes poet obviously finds conservatism _____.
(a) Abhorrent.
(b) Natural.
(c) Faultless.
(d) Suspect.

4. Who is Hugo's creative writing teacher at West Seattle High School?
(a) Eliot Renner.
(b) Anne Johnstone.
(c) Jonathon Baker Reese.
(d) Belle McKensie.

5. Who does Hugo say proposes that all literary teachers take creative writing?
(a) John Ericksson.
(b) Ezra Pound.
(c) W.B. Yeats.
(d) George Garrett.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotion does Hugo say is impossible for the poet because he has written every poem he loves?

2. Which famous poet does Hugo say becomes someone else during the writing of a poem?

3. Which profession does Hugo believe should be able to retire in twenty years with a full pension like policemen, firemen, and service personnel?

4. Hugo feels that there is a tendency for literary professors to establish and maintain _____ over their students.

5. What word does Hugo say should only be used as a transitive verb for at least fifteen years?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is blank white paper not recommended for writing poetry by Hugo?

2. Describe Hugo's analogy of the mask and how it changes as the poet progresses.

3. Who is Bob Mills and what task is he assigned to perform?

4. Why does Hugo recommend that the poet carry with him at all times and why?

5. According to Hugo, why are the poet's feelings about himself influential to his writing?

6. What does Hugo see as the inherent flaw in the hiring of some writing teachers?

7. How does Auden express his disdain for competitiveness among writers?

8. How is "grammarphobia" a problem in writing, according to the author?

9. What is the atmosphere between the literature and creative writing departments at Montana as described by Hugo?

10. How does Hugo describe teaching the student in a class who is not necessarily good at writing?

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