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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hugo say is the most important feeling a poet has?
(a) How he feels about himself.
(b) How he feels about love.
(c) How he feels about the world.
(d) How he feels about loss.

2. Specifically, Hugo asks students never to worry about _____.
(a) Critical acclaim.
(b) Money.
(c) The reader.
(d) Their grades.

3. Hugo suggests the poet finish the poem first, then worry about being _____.
(a) Valid.
(b) Right or sane.
(c) Judged by his peers.
(d) Powerful.

4. How many people are in jail in one assumption?
(a) One.
(b) Sixty people over sixty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Half the town.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In World War II, Hugo is a bombardier based in _____.

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

3. What does Hugo say seldom happens to writers who don't work at it?

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

5. How many pencils does Hugo recommend sharpening to have on hand to write with?

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