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

2. The purpose of the triggering town is to serve as a _____ for the poem.
(a) Literal setting.
(b) Base of operations.
(c) Place to leave bad ideas.
(d) Common ground.

3. What instrument does Lou McGarrity play?
(a) Tuba.
(b) Piano.
(c) Trombone.
(d) Flute.

4. Which clever, witty writer is described by Hugo as being able to conform the music of poetry to truth effectively?
(a) Yeats.
(b) Pound.
(c) Auden.
(d) Himself.

5. Hugo hopes that the student reading his book learns to write like _____.
(a) Himself.
(b) The author.
(c) Yeats.
(d) Auden.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the risk of violating the facts, Hugo believes that the subject of a poem should serve _____.

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

3. If a person can't think small when writing a poem, Hugo suggests that he try _____.

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

5. Hugo offers one way of getting off the triggering subject by suggesting that one use words for the sake of their _____.

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