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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) Flow and thrust.
(b) Didacticism.
(c) Overall concept.
(d) Finer points.

2. If creative writing teachers are doing their jobs, Hugo says they are learning from their_____.
(a) Failures.
(b) Students.
(c) Ancestors.
(d) Mistakes.

3. Whose "albatross" does Hugo mention when speaking of the poetry student's ability to fly?
(a) Baudelaire's.
(b) Mallarme's.
(c) Voltaire's
(d) Constantine's.

4. Where do the grocer's children live in one assumption?
(a) Toledo.
(b) Heaven.
(c) New York.
(d) Paris.

5. What word does Hugo say should only be used as a transitive verb for at least fifteen years?
(a) Hate.
(b) Love.
(c) Need.
(d) Envy.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hugo, Roethke has _____ values.

2. What response from Roethke to a student's poem does Hugo find withering?

3. One assumption has the _____ being run by a kind man who lets kids in for free when nobody is looking.

4. The purpose of the triggering town is to serve as a _____ for the poem.

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

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