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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Nuts and Bolts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hugo believes that after a long time and a lot of writing, a poet can go back to places of _____.
(a) Creative genius.
(b) Cognitive recall.
(c) Real personal significance.
(d) Insanity.

2. 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) Words.
(b) Phrases.
(c) Problems.
(d) Forms.

3. Hugo says that for Roehtke, the rules are simply one way to help a poet get to _____.
(a) Heaven.
(b) The gold.
(c) A master's degree.
(d) Publish.

4. What aspect of Reothke's teaching does Hugo find to be evidence of his cruelty?
(a) His tardiness.
(b) His critiques.
(c) His slothful explanations.
(d) His finals.

5. Hugo suggests the poet finish the poem first, then worry about being _____.
(a) Judged by his peers.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Valid.
(d) Right or sane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What response from Roethke to a student's poem does Hugo find withering?

2. The town druggist on an assumption is _____.

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

4. Which poet does Hugo believes appears to be usual when he is, in fact, a near-perfect example of the unusual in that he is one of the best poets out there?

5. One assumption has the _____ being run by a kind man who lets kids in for free when nobody is looking.

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