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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hugo vaguely recalls a class in 1948 when Roehtke defended _____ as important to creativity.
(a) Madness.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Devotion.
(d) Piety.

2. According to Hugo, Roethke has _____ values.
(a) Bourgeois.
(b) Hedonisitic.
(c) Christian.
(d) Non-existent.

3. Hugo states that some traditionalists seem to think that _____ exist to be solved for their own sake, as if the poet is an engineer.
(a) Problems.
(b) Words.
(c) Phrases.
(d) Forms.

4. Which poet tells Hugo that he has a hard time breaking Roethke's hold on him?
(a) David Wagoner.
(b) Richard Wagner.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) Ezra Pound.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hugo work with Buzz Green?

2. In the world of imagination, Hugo believes that all things _____.

3. Which artist does Hugo think is interpreted as a weirdo when one first sees his paintings?

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

5. Hugo hopes that the student reading his book learns to write like _____.

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