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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Stray Thoughts on Roethke and Teaching.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What poem does Hugo describe as being "not good Hopkins"?
(a) "The Handsome Heart".
(b) "The Sea Took Pity".
(c) "The Silver Jubilee".
(d) "The Golden Echo".

2. What response from Roethke to a student's poem does Hugo find withering?
(a) "That is garbage."
(b) "Gee."
(c) "Go home."
(d) "Good effort."

3. One of Hugo's assumptions states that the name of the triggering town must appear _____.
(a) In the first paragraph.
(b) At the very end.
(c) In the title.
(d) At the beginning of the denouement.

4. Hugo states that the earth takes its configurations from the _____.
(a) Topography of the landscape.
(b) Time of day.
(c) The laws of nature.
(d) Type of weather occurrances

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) Place to avoid.
(c) Hometown.
(d) Nemesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. People who hated the town left long ago and are wealthy in ____ in one assumption.

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

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

4. The grain elevator in one assumption is _____.

5. Why does Hugo think his idea of the triggering town causes ideas for poems to come out more easily?

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