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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Assumptions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the risk of violating the facts, Hugo believes that the subject of a poem should serve _____.
(a) The greater good.
(b) The words.
(c) God's will.
(d) As a reminder.

2. If a person can't think small when writing a poem, Hugo suggests that he try _____.
(a) Joining NASA.
(b) Thinking big.
(c) Running for president.
(d) Philosphy or social criticism.

3. The town doctor in one of the assumptions is _____.
(a) A gifted healer.
(b) Dying of cancer.
(c) Also the town drunk.
(d) Corrupt and incompetent.

4. The hermit in one of Hugo's assumptions eats mostly _____.
(a) Popcorn.
(b) Fried potatoes.
(c) Grub worms.
(d) Sardines.

5. In one assumption, Hugo is an _____ who returns to the town.
(a) Outcast.
(b) Army deserter.
(c) Old farmhand.
(d) Action star.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which colleague of Hugo's points out that "if you are not risking sentimentality, you are not close to your inner self"?

2. What era does Hugo say embodies sentimentality?

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

4. Hugo teaches that what type of words soften the impact of language?

5. Hugo teaches that words love the _____ of people's minds.

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