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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 believes that if if a good poem comes out as a result of the triggering town, the town will become the poet's _____.
(a) Teacher.
(b) Hometown.
(c) Nemesis.
(d) Place to avoid.

2. Which artist does Hugo think is interpreted as a weirdo when one first sees his paintings?
(a) Vincent Van Gogh.
(b) Salvador Dali.
(c) Hieronymus Bosch.
(d) Claude Monet.

3. Specifically, Hugo asks students never to worry about _____.
(a) Their grades.
(b) Critical acclaim.
(c) The reader.
(d) Money.

4. Which person observes some mold and later cures gonorrhea?
(a) John George Alexander.
(b) Alexander Graham Bell.
(c) Marie Curie.
(d) Sir Alexander Fleming.

5. According to Hugo, Valery says that when words are used to convey information, they _____.
(a) Become true.
(b) Correlate.
(c) Dissolve.
(d) Reanimate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hugo believes that after a long time and a lot of writing, a poet can go back to places of _____.

3. Hugo hopes that the student reading his book learns to write like _____.

4. The Boeing plant where Hugo works is on the bank of the _____ River.

5. Where does Hugo suggest placing a typed poem in order to feel pressure to work on it some more?

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