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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hugo think his idea of the triggering town causes ideas for poems to come out more easily?
(a) Because it is free of personal association.
(b) Because one has intense attachment to it.
(c) Because it works for him.
(d) Because it opens up psychic channels.

2. Hugo maintains that once the poet has a certain amount of _____, one can forget it in the act of writing.
(a) Raw talent.
(b) Experience.
(c) Formal training.
(d) Accumulated technique.

3. According to Hugo, the imagination is a _____.
(a) Relative.
(b) Dictator.
(c) Friend.
(d) Cynic.

4. Hugo says that if one is a private poet, then one's vocabulary is limited to one's _____.
(a) Intellect.
(b) Obsessions.
(c) Criticism.
(d) Training.

5. Where does Hugo work with Buzz Green?
(a) The postal service.
(b) The Boeing Company.
(c) Lockheed Martin.
(d) State Farm.

Short Answer Questions

1. The purpose of the triggering town is to serve as a _____ for the poem.

2. At the risk of violating the facts, Hugo believes that the subject of a poem should serve _____.

3. Hugo believes that a public poet must be more intelligent than the reader so his _____ doesn't get in the way.

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

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

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