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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 is Buzz Green's previous profession?
(a) Train conductor.
(b) Symphony conductor.
(c) Oil rig worker.
(d) Jazz musician.

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

3. People who hated the town left long ago and are wealthy in ____ in one assumption.
(a) Thailand.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Greece.
(d) England.

4. The town druggist on an assumption is _____.
(a) An ex-football player.
(b) An alcoholic.
(c) A drug dealer on the side.
(d) A womanizer.

5. How much snow hits the town every year in one assumption?
(a) None.
(b) Seventy-seven inches.
(c) Twenty feet.
(d) Four inches.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hugo, Roethke has _____ values.

2. What era does Hugo say embodies sentimentality?

3. Which clever, witty writer is described by Hugo as being able to conform the music of poetry to truth effectively?

4. Hugo states that the earth takes its configurations from the _____.

5. According to Hugo, Valery says that when words are used to convey information, they _____.

(see the answer key)

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