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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Triggering Town.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Shakespeare play has Regan and Cornwall blinding Gloucester?
(a) Macbeth.
(b) King Lear.
(c) Hamlet.
(d) Twelfth Night.

2. Hugo states that young poets find it difficult to free themselves from _____.
(a) Writer's block.
(b) The initiating subject.
(c) Plagiarism.
(d) Convention.

3. According to Hugo, poets can go into the world of the imagination, and not feel so threatened that they _____.
(a) Burn their rough drafts.
(b) Use profanity.
(c) Become impotent.
(d) Become arrogant.

4. Hugo uses single-syllabic words to show _____.
(a) Fluidity.
(b) Rigidity.
(c) Tenderness.
(d) Clandestine behavior.

5. Hugo advises that at all times, the student must keep his _____ on.
(a) Ability to copy.
(b) Crap detector.
(c) Game face.
(d) Convention bucking device.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Hugo, Valery says that when words are used to convey information, they _____.

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

4. Hugo thinks it is easier to write when you can ignore relative values and go with the _____ of words.

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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