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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. What city does Hugo visit again in April, 1964?
2. Hugo suggests that with the accumulated losses of knowns, the imagination is faced with the problem of preserving the world through _____.
3. Whose "albatross" does Hugo mention when speaking of the poetry student's ability to fly?
4. Hugo prefers the _____ tone he employs to a lot of qualifiers when giving poets rules to write by.
5. When Hugo would hitchhike to Foggia, where does he sit alone drinking coffee, eating cookies, and listening to records?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Pound's relationship to Yeats.
2. Why does Hugo recommend that the poet carry with him at all times and why?
3. Why is blank white paper not recommended for writing poetry by Hugo?
4. How does Hugo feel about the British colonel and why?
5. Why does Hugo say to take emotional possession of a few words?
6. What does Hugo see as the inherent flaw in the hiring of some writing teachers?
7. How is "grammarphobia" a problem in writing, according to the author?
8. What does Hugo say a poet should do when a poem is finished?
9. Why does Hugo sometimes feel that he is perverse?
10. How is it that Hugo and his wife are able to go to Italy?
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
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 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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