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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. Hugo teaches that words love the _____ of people's minds.
(a) Corny inhabitants.
(b) Sticky problems.
(c) Ridiculous areas.
(d) Malleability.

2. One assumption says that the churches are always _____.
(a) Empty.
(b) Dirty.
(c) Extreme.
(d) Full.

3. Which clever, witty writer is described by Hugo as being able to conform the music of poetry to truth effectively?
(a) Himself.
(b) Pound.
(c) Auden.
(d) Yeats.

4. Hugo teaches that one way of getting into the world of the imagination is to focus on the play rather than the _____ of words.
(a) Usage.
(b) Context.
(c) Syntax.
(d) Meaning.

5. Hugo states that the earth takes its configurations from the _____.
(a) The laws of nature.
(b) Type of weather occurrances
(c) Topography of the landscape.
(d) Time of day.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what age does Hugo start teaching?

3. What era does Hugo say embodies sentimentality?

4. When writing a poem, what does Hugo suggest leaves a person more options?

5. Hugo states that people take their identities from their _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the nature of the initiating subject?

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

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

4. How does Hugo describe looking at the world of the imagination?

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

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

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. What happens to Hugo when he lives in New York in one assumption?

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

10. What is Hugo's impression of Roethke's demeanor?

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