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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Triggering Town.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 one has intense attachment to it.
(c) Because it works for him.
(d) Because it opens up psychic channels.

2. Hugo states that the earth takes its configurations from the _____.
(a) The laws of nature.
(b) Time of day.
(c) Topography of the landscape.
(d) Type of weather occurrances

3. 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) As a reminder.
(d) God's will.

4. Hugo states that all art that has endured has an element of _____.
(a) Plagiarism.
(b) Schmaltz.
(c) Surprise.
(d) Disguise.

5. Hugo uses single-syllabic words to show _____.
(a) Clandestine behavior.
(b) Rigidity.
(c) Tenderness.
(d) Fluidity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hugo believes that a public poet must be more intelligent than the reader so his _____ doesn't get in the way.

2. Hugo advises that at all times, the student must keep his _____ on.

3. According to Hugo, the imagination is a _____.

4. In the case of the snake poem, Hugo thinks that the author got off the initiating subject _____.

5. According to Hugo, poets can go into the world of the imagination, and not feel so threatened that they _____.

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