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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. One assumption has the _____ being run by a kind man who lets kids in for free when nobody is looking.
2. The two prostitutes in an assumption are nice to everyone but _____.
3. One of Hugo's assumptions states that the name of the triggering town must appear _____.
4. What does Hugo say seldom happens to writers who don't work at it?
5. Hugo believes that after a long time and a lot of writing, a poet can go back to places of _____.
Short Essay Questions
1. In Hugo's opinion, why do most students respect Roethke as a teacher?
2. What is Buzz Green's description of Lou Garrity's trombone playing and how does it relate to Hugo's idea of writing poetry?
3. How does Hugo describe looking at the world of the imagination?
4. What does the hermit in one assumption do to fill his days?
5. According to Hugo, what can happen to facts when writing a poem?
6. In the poem "At Stillit's Mouth", what does Hugo say about his own sense of the dramatic?
7. Describe Hugo's advice on hard work when writing poetry.
8. Why are people suspicious of Hugo in the assumption about couples?
9. What does Hugo say is Roethke's strength as a teacher?
10. How does Hugo think Roethke's teaching would affect modern students (at the time the book was written)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Hugo's view of a poet's fear of amoral and shallow writing. When does Hugo say that this kind of writing would occur? What does he say of the moral sense of all the poets he knows personally?
Essay Topic 2
How does Ghiselin present an uncompromising picture of what one has done in the poem, "Rattlesnake"? In Hugo's estimation, what effect does his use of multi-syllabic and single-syllabic words have on the impact of different parts of the poem?
Essay Topic 3
How does Hugo describe the writing abilities of some scholars who have doctorates in English? What are the reasons he gives for his observations?
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