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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hugo feels that the English language is deficient in _____.
(a) Effective homophones.
(b) Honest adjectives.
(c) Synonyms.
(d) Good full rhymes.

2. Hugo says that once a language exists only to convey information, it is _____.
(a) Interesting.
(b) Dictating.
(c) Evolved.
(d) Dying.

3. Which poet does Hugo believes appears to be usual when he is, in fact, a near-perfect example of the unusual in that he is one of the best poets out there?
(a) Mark Strand.
(b) William Stafford.
(c) Wallace Stevens.
(d) Roethke.

4. Who remarks that American poetry could not help but get better and better?
(a) Mark Strand.
(b) Valery.
(c) Yeats.
(d) David Wagoner.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Hugo say should only be used as a transitive verb for at least fifteen years?

2. Hugo advises that at all times, the student must keep his _____ on.

3. What animal roams the streets in one assumption?

4. What city does Hugo visit again in April, 1964?

5. Hugo teaches that one way of getting into the world of the imagination is to focus on the play rather than the _____ of words.

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