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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 guesses that ____ of his ex-students are now publishing.
(a) Forty.
(b) All.
(c) Over a hundred.
(d) Ten.

2. In which town does Hugo experience what his psychoanalyst calls a moment of surrender?
(a) Spinazzola.
(b) Lyon.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Hamburg.

3. What is the term Hugo uses for an imperfect or partial rhyme?
(a) Half rhyme.
(b) Off rhyme.
(c) Slant rhyme.
(d) Oblique rhyme.

4. Which profession does Hugo believe should be able to retire in twenty years with a full pension like policemen, firemen, and service personnel?
(a) Bankers.
(b) Fiction writers.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Poets.

5. Which famous poet does Hugo say embodies a self superior to the self during the writing of a poem?
(a) Valery.
(b) Hardy.
(c) Ginsberg.
(d) Roethke.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the creative writing teacher credited for teaching Eliot, Williams, Hemingway, and Yeats?

2. Hugo believes that worthwhile things can't be _____.

3. To what do academic professors attribute the sudden popularity of creative writing classes, according to Hugo?

4. A suggestion Hugo makes is to end more than half the lines and more than two-thirds of the sentences on _____.

5. Hugo has heard academics refer to popular teachers as _____.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is acclaim considered by Hugo to be dangerous to the poet?

4. Why does Hugo say to take emotional possession of a few words?

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

6. Why does Hugo say that Cerignola has a bad reputation in Italy?

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

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

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

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

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