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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. When Hugo would hitchhike to Foggia, where does he sit alone drinking coffee, eating cookies, and listening to records?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) The USO club.
(c) The army base.
(d) The officer's club.

2. Hugo observes that the three prostitutes look so scroungy that one might contract VD just ____.
(a) Walking past them.
(b) Touching their doorknob.
(c) Looking at their photo.
(d) Saying hello.

3. Hugo believes that worthwhile things can't be _____.
(a) Carried out.
(b) Forsaken.
(c) Defined.
(d) Justified.

4. What does Hugo say that Auden believes is the nemesis of American writers?
(a) Distraction.
(b) Laziness.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Fear of failure.

5. A suggestion Hugo makes is to end more than half the lines and more than two-thirds of the sentences on _____.
(a) An exclamation.
(b) A multisyllabic word.
(c) Words of one syllable.
(d) A dangling participle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hugo prefers the _____ tone he employs to a lot of qualifiers when giving poets rules to write by.

2. What does Hugo say is the most important feeling a poet has?

3. Who do the G.I.'s stomp and whistle for when she comes onscreen in the movie that Hugo says is worse than bombardier?

4. What contest do the former students of Hugo, Mike Ryan and Maura Stanton, win?

5. Hugo has heard academics refer to popular teachers as _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is acclaim considered by Hugo to be dangerous to the poet?

2. Why does Hugo recommend that the poet carry with him at all times and why?

3. What is Hugo's definition of conservatism and how does it affect a poet's writing?

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

5. What is the atmosphere between the literature and creative writing departments at Montana as described by Hugo?

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

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

8. Why does Hugo say to take emotional possession of a few words?

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

10. According to Hugo, why are the poet's feelings about himself influential to his writing?

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