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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. How many people are in jail in one assumption?
(a) One.
(b) Ten.
(c) Sixty people over sixty.
(d) Half the town.

2. People who hated the town left long ago and are wealthy in ____ in one assumption.
(a) England.
(b) Thailand.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Greece.

3. Hugo believes that a poet must take _____of a triggering town.
(a) Stock.
(b) Care.
(c) Emotional possession.
(d) Total control.

4. Yeats, Hopkins, Auden, Thomas, Kunitz, and Bogan are described by Hugo as having _____ as determined by Roethke when he read their work aloud.
(a) An artist's ability to paint with words.
(b) Good ears.
(c) Distinct use of slang.
(d) Uncommon grace.

5. Where do people sit a lot in one assumption?
(a) On their porches.
(b) In their cars at stoplights that don't work.
(c) On their sofas.
(d) On swings in the park.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hugo, poets can go into the world of the imagination, and not feel so threatened that they _____.

2. Hugo teaches that one way of getting into the world of the imagination is to focus on the play rather than the _____ of words.

3. Which poet does Hugo believes appears to be usual when he is, in fact, a near-perfect example of the unusual in that he is one of the best poets out there?

4. Yeats is noted by Hugo as saying that, "as a writer, your most important arguments are with _____".

5. What is Buzz Green's previous profession?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the two attitudes Hugo says a writer carries to the page?

3. How does Roethke read a poem, and what does Hugo say is the effect it has on students?

4. 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?

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

6. What does Hugo say is Roethke's strength as a teacher?

7. What is Buzz Green's description of Lou Garrity's trombone playing and how does it relate to Hugo's idea of writing poetry?

8. Why does Hugo say to "think small" when writing a poem?

9. What is the nature of the initiating subject?

10. Describe the function of assumptions in the triggering town.

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