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

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

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 107 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Assumptions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Hugo says that once a language exists only to convey information, it is _____.
(a) Interesting.
(b) Dictating.
(c) Dying.
(d) Evolved.

4. According to Hugo, poets can go into the world of the imagination, and not feel so threatened that they _____.
(a) Become impotent.
(b) Burn their rough drafts.
(c) Use profanity.
(d) Become arrogant.

5. What is the divorce rate in the town in one assumption?
(a) Zero.
(b) 50%.
(c) 100%.
(d) 40%.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hugo believes that if if a good poem comes out as a result of the triggering town, the town will become the poet's _____.

2. People who hated the town left long ago and are wealthy in ____ in one assumption.

3. Hugo sits home on Saturday nights _____ in one assumption.

4. Hugo suggests the poet finish the poem first, then worry about being _____.

5. Who says that poets don't take things as seriously as other people?

(see the answer key)

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