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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hugo thinks it is easier to write when you can ignore relative values and go with the _____ of words.
(a) Finer points.
(b) Overall concept.
(c) Flow and thrust.
(d) Didacticism.

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

3. Which punctuation mark is strictly banned by Hugo?
(a) Semicolons.
(b) Colons.
(c) Quotation marks.
(d) Exclamation points.

4. Who does Hugo say proposes that all literary teachers take creative writing?
(a) John Ericksson.
(b) Ezra Pound.
(c) W.B. Yeats.
(d) George Garrett.

5. How does Hugo describe Roethke's clothes?
(a) As feminine and colorful.
(b) As crisp and clean.
(c) As Gothic.
(d) As rotted and rags.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hugo offers one way of getting off the triggering subject by suggesting that one use words for the sake of their _____.

2. The two prostitutes in an assumption are nice to everyone but _____.

3. Who remarks that American poetry could not help but get better and better?

4. In what year does Hugo go back to visit his World War II stomping grounds in Europe?

5. Specifically, Hugo asks students never to worry about _____.

(see the answer key)

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