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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Stray Thoughts on Roethke and Teaching.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The town druggist on an assumption is _____.
(a) A womanizer.
(b) A drug dealer on the side.
(c) An ex-football player.
(d) An alcoholic.

2. What is Buzz Green's previous profession?
(a) Train conductor.
(b) Symphony conductor.
(c) Oil rig worker.
(d) Jazz musician.

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

4. Who remarks that American poetry could not help but get better and better?
(a) Mark Strand.
(b) David Wagoner.
(c) Yeats.
(d) Valery.

5. Which artist does Hugo think is interpreted as a weirdo when one first sees his paintings?
(a) Claude Monet.
(b) Hieronymus Bosch.
(c) Vincent Van Gogh.
(d) Salvador Dali.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is poorly maintained in one assumption, causing only a few people to attend events there?

2. Hugo advises that the hard work put in on the first poem is responsible for the _____ of the second.

3. The two prostitutes in an assumption are nice to everyone but _____.

4. Hugo states that people take their identities from their _____.

5. How does Hugo describe Roethke's clothes?

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