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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Hometown.
(b) Place to avoid.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Nemesis.

3. People who hated the town left long ago and are wealthy in ____ in one assumption.
(a) England.
(b) Greece.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Thailand.

4. Hugo sits home on Saturday nights _____ in one assumption.
(a) Drawing comic book characters.
(b) Watching television.
(c) Listening to the radio.
(d) Eating fast food.

5. The surrounding country in one assumption is _____.
(a) Lush.
(b) On fire all the time.
(c) Uninhabited.
(d) Filled with oil wells.

Short Answer Questions

1. The town doctor in one of the assumptions is _____.

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

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

4. Hugo says that once a language exists only to convey information, it is _____.

5. Hugo tells the poet not to worry about _____ when writing.

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