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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What era does Hugo say embodies sentimentality?

2. Hugo uses single-syllabic words to show _____.

3. How much snow hits the town every year in one assumption?

4. Hugo believes that if if a good poem comes out as a result of the triggering town, the town will become the poet's _____.

5. One assumption says that the churches are always _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. In Hugo's opinion, why do most students respect Roethke as a teacher?

2. Why does Hugo say that Roethke thinks that young chicks are the best students?

3. How does Hugo describe the role of the imagination in poetry?

4. What is the nature of the initiating subject?

5. What does the hermit in one assumption do to fill his days?

6. What does Hugo point out are the distinctions between public and private poets?

7. What are the reasons Hugo gives when he agrees with Auden's view that poets don't take things as seriously as other people do?

8. According to Hugo, what can happen to facts when writing a poem?

9. What happens in the assumption where the outcast returns?

10. Why are people suspicious of Hugo in the assumption about couples?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the advantages pointed out by Hugo of making up the rules as the poet goes along? What should making up rules do for the poet?

Essay Topic 2

How does Hugo describe the writing abilities of some scholars who have doctorates in English? What are the reasons he gives for his observations?

Essay Topic 3

Compare Hugo's impression of Italy during World War II and Italy when he and his wife visit after the war. What has changed? How does he put closure on his war experience?

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