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

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 works for him.
(b) Because it opens up psychic channels.
(c) Because it is free of personal association.
(d) Because one has intense attachment to it.

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

3. Hugo teaches that words love the _____ of people's minds.
(a) Ridiculous areas.
(b) Corny inhabitants.
(c) Malleability.
(d) Sticky problems.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem by Ghiselin, the snake's dwelling is that of a _____.

2. The purpose of the triggering town is to serve as a _____ for the poem.

3. According to Hugo, Valery says that when words are used to convey information, they _____.

4. What does Hugo say seldom happens to writers who don't work at it?

5. Hugo says that once a language exists only to convey information, it is _____.

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