The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ci Vediamo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people are in jail in one assumption?
(a) Half the town.
(b) Sixty people over sixty.
(c) One.
(d) Ten.

2. Hugo says that creative writers are privileged because they can write _____.
(a) Standing on their heads.
(b) Fiction.
(c) Imperative sentenes.
(d) Declarative sentences.

3. If a person can't think small when writing a poem, Hugo suggests that he try _____.
(a) Joining NASA.
(b) Philosphy or social criticism.
(c) Thinking big.
(d) Running for president.

4. Which colleague of Hugo's points out that "if you are not risking sentimentality, you are not close to your inner self"?
(a) Kittridge.
(b) Auden.
(c) Herrick.
(d) Marvel.

5. What instrument does Lou McGarrity play?
(a) Flute.
(b) Piano.
(c) Trombone.
(d) Tuba.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which profession does Hugo believe should be able to retire in twenty years with a full pension like policemen, firemen, and service personnel?

2. How much snow hits the town every year in one assumption?

3. What emotion does Hugo say is impossible for the poet because he has written every poem he loves?

4. What do the people in one assumption do to ward off boredom?

5. Which poet does Hugo believes appears to be usual when he is, in fact, a near-perfect example of the unusual in that he is one of the best poets out there?

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