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

2. Yeats is noted by Hugo as saying that, "as a writer, your most important arguments are with _____".
(a) God.
(b) Your teachers.
(c) Your loved ones.
(d) Yourself.

3. Hugo thinks it is easier to write when you can ignore relative values and go with the _____ of words.
(a) Finer points.
(b) Flow and thrust.
(c) Didacticism.
(d) Overall concept.

4. On which day of the week does the wind stop blowing in one assumption?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Monday.

5. Hugo states that people take their identities from their _____.
(a) Art work.
(b) Relationships.
(c) Failures.
(d) Jobs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the case of the snake poem, Hugo thinks that the author got off the initiating subject _____.

3. Hugo sits home on Saturday nights _____ in one assumption.

4. What response from Roethke to a student's poem does Hugo find withering?

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

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