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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. Who remarks that American poetry could not help but get better and better?
(a) Yeats.
(b) David Wagoner.
(c) Mark Strand.
(d) Valery.

2. What animal roams the streets in one assumption?
(a) Horses.
(b) Coyotes.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Mountain lions.

3. In the case of the snake poem, Hugo thinks that the author got off the initiating subject _____.
(a) Too early.
(b) In an abrupt manner.
(c) Immediately.
(d) Late.

4. Who says "...the more I practice, the luckier I get."?
(a) Salvador Dali.
(b) Lou McGarrity.
(c) Johnny Carson.
(d) Jack Nicklaus.

5. At the risk of violating the facts, Hugo believes that the subject of a poem should serve _____.
(a) The words.
(b) The greater good.
(c) God's will.
(d) As a reminder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Yeats, Hopkins, Auden, Thomas, Kunitz, and Bogan are described by Hugo as having _____ as determined by Roethke when he read their work aloud.

2. Hugo teaches that words love the _____ of people's minds.

3. If a person can't think small when writing a poem, Hugo suggests that he try _____.

4. In the world of imagination, Hugo believes that all things _____.

5. What does Hugo say endures most in a poet's work?

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