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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the case of the snake poem, Hugo thinks that the author got off the initiating subject _____.
(a) Immediately.
(b) In an abrupt manner.
(c) Too early.
(d) Late.

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

3. According to Hugo, the imagination is a _____.
(a) Dictator.
(b) Cynic.
(c) Friend.
(d) Relative.

4. Specifically, Hugo asks students never to worry about _____.
(a) Money.
(b) The reader.
(c) Critical acclaim.
(d) Their grades.

5. Hugo believes that if if a good poem comes out as a result of the triggering town, the town will become the poet's _____.
(a) Teacher.
(b) Hometown.
(c) Nemesis.
(d) Place to avoid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hugo work with Buzz Green?

2. When writing a poem, what does Hugo suggest leaves a person more options?

3. What era does Hugo say embodies sentimentality?

4. Which person observes some mold and later cures gonorrhea?

5. Hugo says that if one is a private poet, then one's vocabulary is limited to one's _____.

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