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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of voice does Hugo say that Roethke used in class?
(a) A humphrey Bogart voice.
(b) A high tenor voice.
(c) An intellectually seductive voice.
(d) A W.C. Fields-as-gangster voice.

2. After Hugo reclaims his past in the war, he and his wife become tourists and visit _____ in Lecce.
(a) Baroque churches.
(b) Fountains.
(c) Classical art galleries.
(d) Libraries.

3. Hugo says that for Roehtke, the rules are simply one way to help a poet get to _____.
(a) A master's degree.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Publish.
(d) The gold.

4. Whose "albatross" does Hugo mention when speaking of the poetry student's ability to fly?
(a) Voltaire's
(b) Baudelaire's.
(c) Constantine's.
(d) Mallarme's.

5. What is the name of the supply officer that doesn't supply Hugo's squadron with enough blankets?
(a) Captain Garrity.
(b) Captain Simmons.
(c) Captain Shanks.
(d) Captain Sommers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hugo states that an act of imagination is an act of _____.

2. Hugo advises that at all times, the student must keep his _____ on.

3. Which colleague of Hugo's points out that "if you are not risking sentimentality, you are not close to your inner self"?

4. Hugo states that when he was in graduate school, a published scholar who wrote clearly was referred to as a _____.

5. If creative writing teachers are doing their jobs, Hugo says they are learning from their_____.

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