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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4, 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Dillard say that she thinks happens to something, such as a writing idea, that you do not give up freely and abundantly?
(a) It becomes lost to you.
(b) It will be poorly written.
(c) It becomes better with age.
(d) Someone else will get it.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Dillard notice most in the Washington cabin she wrote in?

3. How did Washington writer, Charlie Butts, write fiction in order to gain momentum?

4. How many hours of sleep would Jack London usually get?

5. What does Dillard say she believes poets and novelists like?

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