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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The town druggist on an assumption is _____.
(a) An alcoholic.
(b) A drug dealer on the side.
(c) An ex-football player.
(d) A womanizer.

2. Hugo guesses that ____ of his ex-students are now publishing.
(a) Ten.
(b) Forty.
(c) Over a hundred.
(d) All.

3. Hugo observes that the three prostitutes look so scroungy that one might contract VD just ____.
(a) Saying hello.
(b) Touching their doorknob.
(c) Walking past them.
(d) Looking at their photo.

4. What other types of writing does Hugo say are already in English departments, making them the logical place to teach creative writing?
(a) Technical and dramatic.
(b) Critical and expository.
(c) Conceptual and fictional.
(d) Comedic and journalistic.

5. In one assumption, Hugo is an _____ who returns to the town.
(a) Old farmhand.
(b) Action star.
(c) Army deserter.
(d) Outcast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hugo call the tearing down of buildings, the building of new housing, etc., as being one problem for modern poets?

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

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

4. What poem does Hugo describe as being "not good Hopkins"?

5. Which clever, witty writer is described by Hugo as being able to conform the music of poetry to truth effectively?

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