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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 prefers the _____ tone he employs to a lot of qualifiers when giving poets rules to write by.
(a) Contemplative.
(b) Dogmatic.
(c) Axiomatic.
(d) Pedagogic.

2. Where have three prostitutes set up shop a quarter of a mile from Hugo's squadron?
(a) An abandoned rail car.
(b) A pumphouse.
(c) A hangar.
(d) An ammunition shed.

3. Hugo's squadron is assigned to fly gasoline to a British Spitfire base in _____.
(a) Lyon.
(b) Paris.
(c) Nice.
(d) Cambria.

4. Which famous poet does Hugo say informs and fills another body during the writing of a poem?
(a) Poe.
(b) Frost.
(c) Keats.
(d) Dickinson.

5. In what year does Hugo go back to visit his World War II stomping grounds in Europe?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1985.

Short Answer Questions

1. The British colonel that Hugo meets in Europe on his tour of duty is what member of the British aristocracy?

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

3. A suggestion Hugo makes is to end more than half the lines and more than two-thirds of the sentences on _____.

4. What large target does Hugo miss bombing?

5. What does Hugo say that Auden believes is the nemesis of American writers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Hugo believe that Roethke seeks out wealthy companionship during his last years?

3. Describe Hugo's analogy of the mask and how it changes as the poet progresses.

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

5. How does Auden express his disdain for competitiveness among writers?

6. Why does Hugo sometimes feel that he is perverse?

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

8. What does Hugo say a poet should do when a poem is finished?

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

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

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