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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dillard say that she believes may well be a writer's only firsthand experience?
(a) College.
(b) Childhood.
(c) Travel.
(d) Friendships.

2. Why did Dillard write that 'People should not feed moralistic animals'?
(a) Her dog trotted around the room, head up in the air.
(b) Her cat pushed its empty food bowl around.
(c) Her dog looked at her and rolled its eyes.
(d) Her cat stretched out and turned its back to her.

3. How did Dillard get into the library in Roanoke late at night?
(a) She had a key.
(b) She hid in the women's room when the door was locked.
(c) The door was never locked.
(d) She climbed in through a window.

4. Which poem did Dillard often read aloud?
(a) Sea Hollly.
(b) The Tower.
(c) The Comet.
(d) Miracles.

5. Which author would only write poetry when he was '...rather out of health'?
(a) Jack London.
(b) A.E. Housman.
(c) Wallace Stevens.
(d) Osip Mandelstam.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dillard once describe a moth on a ship as doing?

2. What does Dillard have to say about appealing workplaces for writing?

3. Which book does Dillard say she discovered that she touched every night in the darkened library to find her room?

4. Why did Dillard refer to a Zulu warrior and an Aztec maiden in Chapter 3?

5. What made the teakettle in the faculty lounge look so interesting in Chapter 3?

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