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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Hugo vaguely recalls a class in 1948 when Roehtke defended _____ as important to creativity.
(a) Starvation.
(b) Piety.
(c) Madness.
(d) Devotion.

4. Hugo believes that a poet must take _____of a triggering town.
(a) Care.
(b) Total control.
(c) Emotional possession.
(d) Stock.

5. Hugo states that some traditionalists seem to think that _____ exist to be solved for their own sake, as if the poet is an engineer.
(a) Forms.
(b) Words.
(c) Problems.
(d) Phrases.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hugo feels that the English language is deficient in _____.

2. What is the name of the only celebrity that comes to visit Hugo's squadron during the war?

3. Which short story of Hemingway's has the protagonist, Krebs?

4. What emotion does Hugo say is impossible for the poet because he has written every poem he loves?

5. What is the term Hugo uses for adding unnecessary words to a form?

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