# Victor Hugo

IELTS Academic Listening - 10 questions - 10 minutes - Note completion

Source: Recording, questions and answer key from Cambridge IELTS 18, Test 4, Listening Part 4. © Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Used for educational practice. Explanations and evidence notes are written by Testmigo.

## The recording

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## Questions

### Questions 31-40: Note completion

Complete the notes below. Write ONE WORD ONLY for each answer.

Victor Hugo
His novel, Les Miserables
It has been adapted for theatre and cinema.
We know more about its overall **(31)** _____ than about its author.
His early career
In Paris, his career was successful and he led the Romantic movement.
He spoke publicly about social issues, such as **(32)** _____ and education.
Napoleon III disliked his views and exiled him.
His exile from France
Victor Hugo had to live elsewhere in **(33)** _____.
He used his income from the sale of some **(34)** _____ he had written to buy a house on Guernsey.
His house on Guernsey
Victor Hugo lived in this house until the end of the Empire in France.
The ground floor contains portraits, **(35)** _____ and tapestries that he valued.
He bought cheap **(36)** _____ made of wood and turned this into beautiful wall carvings.
The first floor consists of furnished areas with wallpaper and **(37)** _____ that have a Chinese design.
The library still contains many of his favourite books.
He wrote in a room at the top of the house that had a view of the **(38)** _____.
He entertained other writers as well as poor **(39)** _____ in his house.
Victor Hugo's **(40)** _____ gave ownership of the house to the city of Paris in 1927.

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