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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nuts and Bolts.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the bush that grows wild in the Pacific Northwest that Hugo uses as a local noun?
(a) Royal purple.
(b) Salal.
(c) Salmonberry.
(d) Butterfly.

3. Hugo says that Roethke only wanted _____ in his class because you can teach them.
(a) Senior citizens.
(b) Innocent young chicks.
(c) Graduate students.
(d) Brave young men.

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

5. Hugo hopes that the student reading his book learns to write like _____.
(a) Auden.
(b) Yeats.
(c) Himself.
(d) The author.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which person observes some mold and later cures gonorrhea?

2. The hermit in one of Hugo's assumptions eats mostly _____.

3. When writing a poem, what does Hugo suggest leaves a person more options?

4. Who says "...the more I practice, the luckier I get."?

5. How does Hugo describe Roethke's clothes?

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