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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 is the name of the bush that grows wild in the Pacific Northwest that Hugo uses as a local noun?
(a) Butterfly.
(b) Salmonberry.
(c) Royal purple.
(d) Salal.

2. Hugo feels that the English language is deficient in _____.
(a) Synonyms.
(b) Honest adjectives.
(c) Effective homophones.
(d) Good full rhymes.

3. What is poorly maintained in one assumption, causing only a few people to attend events there?
(a) The high school gymnasium.
(b) The college.
(c) The ballpark.
(d) The performing arts center.

4. Where have three prostitutes set up shop a quarter of a mile from Hugo's squadron?
(a) An ammunition shed.
(b) An abandoned rail car.
(c) A hangar.
(d) A pumphouse.

5. Where does The Admiral claim that he owns property?
(a) Monroe Valley.
(b) Concord.
(c) Monterey Bay.
(d) Marin County.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hugo's squadron is assigned to fly gasoline to a British Spitfire base in _____.

2. Hugo thinks it is easier to write when you can ignore relative values and go with the _____ of words.

3. What is it called when a poet restates the same idea in a different way?

4. Hugo teaches that words love the _____ of people's minds.

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

(see the answer key)

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