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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the risk of violating the facts, Hugo believes that the subject of a poem should serve _____.
(a) God's will.
(b) As a reminder.
(c) The greater good.
(d) The words.

2. In the case of the snake poem, Hugo thinks that the author got off the initiating subject _____.
(a) Too early.
(b) In an abrupt manner.
(c) Late.
(d) Immediately.

3. Hugo prefers the _____ tone he employs to a lot of qualifiers when giving poets rules to write by.
(a) Contemplative.
(b) Axiomatic.
(c) Pedagogic.
(d) Dogmatic.

4. Hugo thinks that Roethke is too _____ for his own good.
(a) Competitive.
(b) Detailed.
(c) Slothful.
(d) Arrogant.

5. The grain elevator in one assumption is _____.
(a) Completely full.
(b) Lopsided.
(c) Silver.
(d) Rusted through.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Shakespeare play has Regan and Cornwall blinding Gloucester?

2. According to Hugo, the imagination is a _____.

3. In one assumption, Hugo is an _____ who returns to the town.

4. What era does Hugo say embodies sentimentality?

5. What does Hugo say endures most in a poet's work?

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