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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 say escapes from personality during the writing of a poem?
(a) Roethke.
(b) Hughes.
(c) Eliot.
(d) Silverstein.

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

3. What does Hugo call the tearing down of buildings, the building of new housing, etc., as being one problem for modern poets?
(a) Vapid consumerism.
(b) Rapid dehumanization.
(c) Wholesale changes.
(d) Class deterioration.

4. Whose coarse teasing and ridicule does Hugo say the poet must endure to be his beautiful self?
(a) Uneducated fools'.
(b) Philistine sailors'.
(c) Dynastic youth's.
(d) The lower self's.

5. What is the name of the supply officer that doesn't supply Hugo's squadron with enough blankets?
(a) Captain Shanks.
(b) Captain Simmons.
(c) Captain Garrity.
(d) Captain Sommers.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Hugo reclaims his past in the war, he and his wife become tourists and visit _____ in Lecce.

2. In what year does Hugo go back to visit his World War II stomping grounds in Europe?

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

4. Where have three prostitutes set up shop a quarter of a mile from Hugo's squadron?

5. What is the maximum sentence length Hugo advises having in a poem?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Hugo sometimes feel that he is perverse?

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

6. How do the children in Barletta react to Hugo and Mills?

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

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

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

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

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