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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. The surrounding country in one assumption is _____.
(a) On fire all the time.
(b) Filled with oil wells.
(c) Lush.
(d) Uninhabited.

2. Which person observes some mold and later cures gonorrhea?
(a) Sir Alexander Fleming.
(b) John George Alexander.
(c) Alexander Graham Bell.
(d) Marie Curie.

3. Hugo states that people take their identities from their _____.
(a) Art work.
(b) Failures.
(c) Jobs.
(d) Relationships.

4. Why does Hugo think his idea of the triggering town causes ideas for poems to come out more easily?
(a) Because it is free of personal association.
(b) Because it works for him.
(c) Because one has intense attachment to it.
(d) Because it opens up psychic channels.

5. Hugo believes that a public poet must be more intelligent than the reader so his _____ doesn't get in the way.
(a) Common sense.
(b) Lack of common sense.
(c) Heart.
(d) Didacticism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hugo advises that the hard work put in on the first poem is responsible for the _____ of the second.

2. At the risk of violating the facts, Hugo believes that the subject of a poem should serve _____.

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

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

5. Hugo thinks that Roethke is too _____ for his own good.

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