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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which famous poet does Hugo say becomes someone else during the writing of a poem?
(a) Wilde.
(b) Neruda.
(c) Lowell.
(d) Auden.

3. Hugo states that formal verse can help a young poet locate things to say, and can also _____ him to say things he wouldn't say.
(a) Discourage.
(b) Obligate.
(c) Encourage.
(d) Forbid.

4. What other types of writing does Hugo say are already in English departments, making them the logical place to teach creative writing?
(a) Technical and dramatic.
(b) Critical and expository.
(c) Conceptual and fictional.
(d) Comedic and journalistic.

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

6. 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) Teachers.
(c) Poets.
(d) Fiction writers.

7. Which punctuation mark is strictly banned by Hugo?
(a) Semicolons.
(b) Colons.
(c) Quotation marks.
(d) Exclamation points.

8. Hugo feels that there is a tendency for literary professors to establish and maintain _____ over their students.
(a) Economic advantages.
(b) Absolutely no control.
(c) Emotional advantages.
(d) Strict control.

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

10. Hugo's fear when he is bombing makes it hard concentration difficult and he didn't trust _____.
(a) His captain.
(b) The strategy.
(c) His eyesight.
(d) The equipment.

11. Who is Hugo's creative writing teacher at West Seattle High School?
(a) Anne Johnstone.
(b) Eliot Renner.
(c) Jonathon Baker Reese.
(d) Belle McKensie.

12. Whose "albatross" does Hugo mention when speaking of the poetry student's ability to fly?
(a) Constantine's.
(b) Voltaire's
(c) Baudelaire's.
(d) Mallarme's.

13. What word does Hugo say should only be used as a transitive verb for at least fifteen years?
(a) Hate.
(b) Envy.
(c) Need.
(d) Love.

14. What contest do the former students of Hugo, Mike Ryan and Maura Stanton, win?
(a) Brick & Mortar Review.
(b) Boston Review.
(c) Yale Series of Young Poets.
(d) Harvard Young Poets' Society.

15. What is the name of the only celebrity that comes to visit Hugo's squadron during the war?
(a) Hope Daniels.
(b) Joe Lewis.
(c) Jerry Lewis.
(d) Bob Hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the bush that grows wild in the Pacific Northwest that Hugo uses as a local noun?

2. Where is Captain Joel O. Moe from?

3. Which famous poet does Hugo say embodies a self superior to the self during the writing of a poem?

4. Hugo states that a Snopes poet obviously finds conservatism _____.

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

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