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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. What does Hugo say seldom happens to writers who don't work at it?
(a) Getting published.
(b) Proper recognition.
(c) Lucky accidents.
(d) Comraderie.

2. To whom at Boeing does The Admiral address two letters concerning his eviction?
(a) Mr. Boeing.
(b) The author.
(c) Mr. D.
(d) Mr. C.

3. One of Hugo's assumptions states that the name of the triggering town must appear _____.
(a) In the title.
(b) At the very end.
(c) In the first paragraph.
(d) At the beginning of the denouement.

4. In one assumption, Hugo is an _____ who returns to the town.
(a) Old farmhand.
(b) Action star.
(c) Outcast.
(d) Army deserter.

5. The town doctor in one of the assumptions is _____.
(a) Corrupt and incompetent.
(b) Also the town drunk.
(c) A gifted healer.
(d) Dying of cancer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose "albatross" does Hugo mention when speaking of the poetry student's ability to fly?

3. According to Hugo, _____ keeps alive a self deserving of rejection.

4. Hugo feels that true integrity is often willfully equated with _____.

5. Hugo's fear when he is bombing makes it hard concentration difficult and he didn't trust _____.

(see the answer key)

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