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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the term Hugo uses for adding unnecessary words to a form?
(a) Clarifying.
(b) Complicating.
(c) Overfilling.
(d) Padding.

2. In the case of the snake poem, Hugo thinks that the author got off the initiating subject _____.
(a) In an abrupt manner.
(b) Immediately.
(c) Late.
(d) Too early.

3. What is the maximum sentence length Hugo advises having in a poem?
(a) Fifty words.
(b) Seven words.
(c) Seventeen words.
(d) Ten words.

4. Hugo believes that any _____, no matter how melodramatic, is preferable to none.
(a) Triggering subject.
(b) Stance.
(c) Advantage.
(d) Lingusitic style.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hugo is distrustful of Eliot and Roethke because late in their careers the announced that they were _____.

2. What color paper is, in Hugo's opinion, easy on the eyes?

3. What does Hugo call the tearing down of buildings, the building of new housing, etc., as being one problem for modern poets?

4. Hugo states that the earth takes its configurations from the _____.

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.

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