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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 all art that has endured has an element of _____.
(a) Disguise.
(b) Surprise.
(c) Plagiarism.
(d) Schmaltz.

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

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

4. 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) Nemesis.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Place to avoid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Shakespeare play has Regan and Cornwall blinding Gloucester?

2. What instrument does Lou McGarrity play?

3. What aspect of Reothke's teaching does Hugo find to be evidence of his cruelty?

4. How much snow hits the town every year in one assumption?

5. What era does Hugo say embodies sentimentality?

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