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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dillard say that she found so appealing about a Danish aristocrat?
(a) His daily schedule.
(b) His life of leisure.
(c) His title.
(d) His ability to relax.

2. What did Dillard find herself doing in the rare book room nearly every day for about two weeks?
(a) Looking for rare books on chess.
(b) Spying on the head librarian.
(c) Playing chess with an unknown opponent.
(d) Writing notes to a chess player.

3. How long does it generally take to write a book?
(a) One to five years.
(b) One to ten months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two to ten years.

4. What ended the chess game for Dillard in Chapter 2?
(a) The opponent scrambled the board up completely.
(b) She finished writing her book.
(c) The custodian wished to stop playing.
(d) The baby went home.

5. What does Dillard compare writing to in the first paragraph of the book?
(a) A path to pick through.
(b) An ordeal to be probed.
(c) Laying out a line of words.
(d) A dead end.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose wife posed for the Liberty dime?

2. What is needed in the world more than another excellent manuscript, as far as Dillard is concerned?

3. What famous author said, "The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon....and at length the middle-aged man concludes to build a wood-shed with them"?

4. Who once said, "Which is the work in which he hasn't surrendered, under dire difficulty, the best thing he meant to have kept"?

5. Who is the Danish aristocrat mentioned in Chapter 2?

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