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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 have to say about appealing workplaces for writing?
(a) Bright yellow paint on the walls is best.
(b) The lovelier the scenery, the better.
(c) They are to be avoided.
(d) Avoid drabness at all costs.

2. Who said a long poem takes between five and ten years to write?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) John Berryman.
(c) Walt Whitman.
(d) Maya Angelou.

3. In an analogy about a photographer, why did the photographer say he brought the same rejected photograph for judgment every year?
(a) "...I only used that camera this one time."
(b) "...I never throw anything away."
(c) "...I had to climb a mountain to get it."
(d) "...I just know it is my best shot."

4. Oftentimes, what part of Dillard's work must be edited out?
(a) The dialogue.
(b) The best-written part.
(c) The opening paragraph.
(d) The typos and misspellings.

5. Dillard refers to writing as changing "..from an expression of your notions to an epistemological tool." What does epistemological mean?
(a) Bacterial DNA that is extrachromosomal.
(b) A philosophy concerned with the nature and origin of knowledge.
(c) Greek knowledge.
(d) Surgical incision of the perineum during childbirth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dillard find herself doing in the rare book room nearly every day for about two weeks?

2. Which insect is discussed in the book as part of an entomological experiment?

3. To what does Dillard compare writing a book?

4. What was Dillard's study on Cape Cod?

5. Finish this West African proverb from Chapter 2: "The beginning of wisdom is.."

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