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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which famous poet does Hugo say embodies a self superior to the self during the writing of a poem?
(a) Hardy.
(b) Ginsberg.
(c) Roethke.
(d) Valery.

2. What does Hugo call the tearing down of buildings, the building of new housing, etc., as being one problem for modern poets?
(a) Rapid dehumanization.
(b) Wholesale changes.
(c) Vapid consumerism.
(d) Class deterioration.

3. Where have three prostitutes set up shop a quarter of a mile from Hugo's squadron?
(a) An ammunition shed.
(b) A pumphouse.
(c) A hangar.
(d) An abandoned rail car.

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

5. A suggestion Hugo makes is to end more than half the lines and more than two-thirds of the sentences on _____.
(a) A multisyllabic word.
(b) Words of one syllable.
(c) An exclamation.
(d) A dangling participle.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hugo, _____ keeps alive a self deserving of rejection.

2. Hugo feels that true integrity is often willfully equated with _____.

3. What instrument does Lou McGarrity play?

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

5. Who is the creative writing teacher credited for teaching Eliot, Williams, Hemingway, and Yeats?

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