What London locale, where many poor writers lived, became synonymous with hacks and scandal mongers ?
Correct answer: B. Grub Street
- A. Elephant and Castle
- B. Grub Street
- C. Covent Garden
- D. Cheapside
Explanation
Grub Street in London became associated with poorly paid hack writers, publishers, and journalistic scandal mongers. The phrase eventually came to mean the commercial literary world itself.
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