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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 some traditionalists seem to think that _____ exist to be solved for their own sake, as if the poet is an engineer.
(a) Phrases.
(b) Forms.
(c) Problems.
(d) Words.

2. According to Hugo, the imagination is a _____.
(a) Cynic.
(b) Friend.
(c) Relative.
(d) Dictator.

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

4. The purpose of the triggering town is to serve as a _____ for the poem.
(a) Literal setting.
(b) Place to leave bad ideas.
(c) Common ground.
(d) Base of operations.

5. Hugo tells the poet not to worry about _____ when writing.
(a) Word sounds.
(b) Length.
(c) Morality.
(d) Timing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hugo suggests the poet finish the poem first, then worry about being _____.

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

3. Hugo believes that a poet must take _____of a triggering town.

4. Where do people sit a lot in one assumption?

5. According to Hugo, Roethke has _____ values.

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