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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hugo believes that a public poet must be more intelligent than the reader so his _____ doesn't get in the way.
(a) Lack of common sense.
(b) Didacticism.
(c) Common sense.
(d) Heart.

2. In the poem by Ghiselin, the snake's dwelling is that of a _____.
(a) Gopher.
(b) Prairie dog.
(c) Horny toad.
(d) Another snake.

3. Hugo believes that after a long time and a lot of writing, a poet can go back to places of _____.
(a) Real personal significance.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Cognitive recall.
(d) Creative genius.

4. What era does Hugo say embodies sentimentality?
(a) The Victorian era.
(b) The Neo-Classical era.
(c) The Classical era.
(d) The Post-modern era.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hugo put in the silo in one of his poems?

2. According to Hugo, the imagination is a _____.

3. Who says "...the more I practice, the luckier I get."?

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

5. Hugo maintains that once the poet has a certain amount of _____, one can forget it in the act of writing.

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