The Writing Life Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 133 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Writing Life Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 133 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the title of the Jack London book mentioned in Chapter 2?
(a) The Call of the Wild.
(b) The Iron Heel.
(c) The Sea-Wolf.
(d) White Fang.

3. How long did it take William Faulkner to write "As I Lay Dying"?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Six years.

4. Which religious sect did Dillard read about in the Virginia library?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Hasidism.
(c) Islam.
(d) Catholicism.

5. When Dillard once wrote in a cinder-block cell, what scene did it overlook?
(a) Mountains.
(b) A tar-and-gravel roof.
(c) Cape Cod bay.
(d) A strip mall.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dillard relays a story about a cabdriver singing a boring song, why did the driver sing it twice?

2. What does Dillard say that she makes a pen drawing of in Chapter 2?

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

4. When Dillard is watching symbols move on her monitor, which sends back numbers to her, what is it her job to do?

5. What does Dillard's "line of words" do with random pictures in the writer's mind?

(see the answer key)

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