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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. Where does Hugo suggest placing a typed poem in order to feel pressure to work on it some more?
(a) On the wall.
(b) In a drawer.
(c) On a mirror.
(d) In a pocket.

2. What emotion does Hugo say is impossible for the poet because he has written every poem he loves?
(a) Rage.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Self-loathing.
(d) Hatred.

3. If creative writing teachers are doing their jobs, Hugo says they are learning from their_____.
(a) Students.
(b) Ancestors.
(c) Failures.
(d) Mistakes.

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

5. What color paper is, in Hugo's opinion, easy on the eyes?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Pink.
(c) Beige.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which town does Hugo experience what his psychoanalyst calls a moment of surrender?

2. Which famous poet does Hugo say escapes from personality during the writing of a poem?

3. Hugo states that when he was in graduate school, a published scholar who wrote clearly was referred to as a _____.

4. Hugo's squadron is assigned to fly gasoline to a British Spitfire base in _____.

5. What is the poetry term for a rhythmic or syntactic pause at the end of a line of poetry?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Hugo believe that Roethke seeks out wealthy companionship during his last years?

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

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

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

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

9. How does Hugo feel about the British colonel and why?

10. Describe Pound's relationship to Yeats.

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