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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. Hugo believes that after a long time and a lot of writing, a poet can go back to places of _____.
(a) Creative genius.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Cognitive recall.
(d) Real personal significance.

2. Which poet tells Hugo that he has a hard time breaking Roethke's hold on him?
(a) Ezra Pound.
(b) T.S. Eliot.
(c) Richard Wagner.
(d) David Wagoner.

3. Which poet does Hugo believes appears to be usual when he is, in fact, a near-perfect example of the unusual in that he is one of the best poets out there?
(a) William Stafford.
(b) Mark Strand.
(c) Wallace Stevens.
(d) Roethke.

4. Hugo advises that at all times, the student must keep his _____ on.
(a) Convention bucking device.
(b) Game face.
(c) Crap detector.
(d) Ability to copy.

5. Who does Hugo put in the silo in one of his poems?
(a) Babies.
(b) Large rats.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Chorus girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What era does Hugo say embodies sentimentality?

2. Specifically, Hugo asks students never to worry about _____.

3. Hugo uses single-syllabic words to show _____.

4. Hugo states that people take their identities from their _____.

5. Hugo vaguely recalls a class in 1948 when Roehtke defended _____ as important to creativity.

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