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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 famous poet does Hugo name as having the notion of the mask during the writing of a poem?
(a) Plath.
(b) Cummings.
(c) Yeats.
(d) Whitman.

2. Hugo's squadron is assigned to fly gasoline to a British Spitfire base in _____.
(a) Cambria.
(b) Paris.
(c) Nice.
(d) Lyon.

3. How many pencils does Hugo recommend sharpening to have on hand to write with?
(a) One.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Two.

4. Who tells Hugo that the imagination has an impulse to create unknowns out of knowns?
(a) Theodore Roethke.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Madeline De Frees.
(d) Alan Ginsberg.

5. Hugo states that an act of imagination is an act of _____.
(a) Faith.
(b) Self-acceptance.
(c) God.
(d) Revenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the G.I.'s stomp and whistle for when she comes onscreen in the movie that Hugo says is worse than bombardier?

2. Hugo feels that the English language is deficient in _____.

3. What city does Hugo visit again in April, 1964?

4. What does Hugo say is the most important feeling a poet has?

5. What is the term Hugo uses for an imperfect or partial rhyme?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the conclusion Hugo makes regarding the Ph.D. system in literature?

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

4. Why does Hugo say not to write with a pen?

5. What is Hugo's definition of conservatism and how does it affect a poet's writing?

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

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

8. Describe Pound's relationship to Yeats.

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

10. How is it that Hugo and his wife are able to go to Italy?

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