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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. Hugo says that if one is a private poet, then one's vocabulary is limited to one's _____.
(a) Criticism.
(b) Training.
(c) Obsessions.
(d) Intellect.

2. How does Hugo describe Roethke's clothes?
(a) As crisp and clean.
(b) As Gothic.
(c) As rotted and rags.
(d) As feminine and colorful.

3. What is Buzz Green's previous profession?
(a) Jazz musician.
(b) Symphony conductor.
(c) Oil rig worker.
(d) Train conductor.

4. When writing a poem, what does Hugo suggest leaves a person more options?
(a) Verification.
(b) Comparisons.
(c) Guessing.
(d) Truth.

5. What kind of voice does Hugo say that Roethke used in class?
(a) A W.C. Fields-as-gangster voice.
(b) An intellectually seductive voice.
(c) A high tenor voice.
(d) A humphrey Bogart voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What era does Hugo say embodies sentimentality?

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

3. Hugo thinks that Roethke is too _____ for his own good.

4. What animal roams the streets in one assumption?

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

(see the answer key)

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