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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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"?
(a) Walt Whitman.
(b) Thomas Mann.
(c) Henry James.
(d) Henry Thoreau.

2. What does Dillard say shocked her as she remembered a formal lunch with a publishing colleague in Chapter 2?
(a) Her plants dying.
(b) Her lack of entertaining people.
(c) The fanaticism of her twenties.
(d) The sexist terms the man used.

3. When Dillard wrote in Roanoke, Virginia, what did she long for upon coming home after writing?
(a) Cigarettes and coffee.
(b) A dreamless sleep.
(c) Sleeping till noon.
(d) A tolerant giant to soothe her.

4. Who is the main character in a story told by Ernest Thompson Seton?
(a) A Native American woman.
(b) An Algonquin woman.
(c) A fisherman.
(d) An Eskimo man.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What had Dillard forgotten all about as she worked on a Fourth-of-July night?

3. How long does it generally take to write a book?

4. What does Dillard say that she found so appealing about a Danish aristocrat?

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

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