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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. Which colleague of Hugo's points out that "if you are not risking sentimentality, you are not close to your inner self"?
(a) Herrick.
(b) Marvel.
(c) Kittridge.
(d) Auden.

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

3. How many people are in jail in one assumption?
(a) Ten.
(b) Half the town.
(c) One.
(d) Sixty people over sixty.

4. Which clever, witty writer is described by Hugo as being able to conform the music of poetry to truth effectively?
(a) Yeats.
(b) Pound.
(c) Auden.
(d) Himself.

5. Yeats, Hopkins, Auden, Thomas, Kunitz, and Bogan are described by Hugo as having _____ as determined by Roethke when he read their work aloud.
(a) An artist's ability to paint with words.
(b) Good ears.
(c) Distinct use of slang.
(d) Uncommon grace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which person observes some mold and later cures gonorrhea?

2. What kind of voice does Hugo say that Roethke used in class?

3. Hugo thinks it is easier to write when you can ignore relative values and go with the _____ of words.

4. According to Hugo, Roethke has _____ values.

5. Hugo believes that a public poet must be more intelligent than the reader so his _____ doesn't get in the way.

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