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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through How Poets Make a Living.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hugo says that "C" is a person who hides his emotions _____.
(a) Under the pretencse of his position.
(b) By drinking too much.
(c) Under a mask of self-control.
(d) By eating too much.

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

4. Where do the grocer's children live in one assumption?
(a) Paris.
(b) Toledo.
(c) New York.
(d) Heaven.

5. An assumption made about Hugo while teaching at a university is that _____.
(a) A cheerleading coach.
(b) He is head of a student dope ring.
(c) A bird fanatic.
(d) Head of a multi-level marketing scheme.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the case of the snake poem, Hugo thinks that the author got off the initiating subject _____.

2. Which Shakespeare play has Regan and Cornwall blinding Gloucester?

3. Hugo states that formal verse can help a young poet locate things to say, and can also _____ him to say things he wouldn't say.

4. Hugo guesses that ____ of his ex-students are now publishing.

5. At what age does Hugo start teaching?

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