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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. All the poets that Hugo knows have an unusually strong _____.

3. Hugo hopes that the student reading his book learns to write like _____.

4. Who says "...the more I practice, the luckier I get."?

5. At the risk of violating the facts, Hugo believes that the subject of a poem should serve _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the schoolhouse in the triggering town and who teaches there.

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

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

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

5. Why does Hugo suggest that the triggering town be unfamiliar?

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

7. Describe the two outcomes of the annual picnic in the triggering town.

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

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Hugo describe the writing abilities of some scholars who have doctorates in English? What are the reasons he gives for his observations?

Essay Topic 2

According to Hugo, what is the relationship between a public poet and his tendency towards didacticism? Use Auden as an example.

Essay Topic 3

Compare Hugo's impression of Italy during World War II and Italy when he and his wife visit after the war. What has changed? How does he put closure on his war experience?

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