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

2. What poem does Hugo describe as being "not good Hopkins"?
(a) "The Sea Took Pity".
(b) "The Silver Jubilee".
(c) "The Golden Echo".
(d) "The Handsome Heart".

3. People who hated the town left long ago and are wealthy in ____ in one assumption.
(a) South Africa.
(b) Thailand.
(c) Greece.
(d) England.

4. Who does Hugo put in the silo in one of his poems?
(a) Chorus girls.
(b) Large rats.
(c) Babies.
(d) Soldiers.

5. In the Hugo's opinion, a poet must have a streak of _____.
(a) Luck.
(b) Arrogance.
(c) Genius.
(d) Common sense.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hugo states that some traditionalists seem to think that _____ exist to be solved for their own sake, as if the poet is an engineer.

2. Roethke is fond of quoting whose idea of "systematic derangement of the senses"?

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

4. Hugo says that for Roehtke, the rules are simply one way to help a poet get to _____.

5. The town druggist on an assumption is _____.

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