The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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The Triggering Town: Lectures and Essays on Poetry and Writing Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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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. 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?
(a) Wallace Stevens.
(b) William Stafford.
(c) Roethke.
(d) Mark Strand.

2. What does Hugo say seldom happens to writers who don't work at it?
(a) Lucky accidents.
(b) Comraderie.
(c) Proper recognition.
(d) Getting published.

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

4. The purpose of the triggering town is to serve as a _____ for the poem.
(a) Place to leave bad ideas.
(b) Base of operations.
(c) Literal setting.
(d) Common ground.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hugo says that if one is a private poet, then one's vocabulary is limited to one's _____.

2. In one assumption, Hugo is an _____ who returns to the town.

3. At what age does Hugo start teaching?

4. According to Hugo, Roethke has _____ values.

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

(see the answer key)

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