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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 happened to the Smith-Corona typewriter in Chapter 4?
(a) It fell from the desk and broke.
(b) It erupted with smoke and fire.
(c) The cord sent out sparks.
(d) The rumbling damaged it beyond repair.

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

3. Thornton Wilder cited an unnamed writer of sonnets as saying only one line drops from where?
(a) A whisper in the ear.
(b) A chicken.
(c) A hammer.
(d) The ceiling.

4. 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) Avoid drabness at all costs.
(d) They are to be avoided.

5. What did Emily Dickinson love best in her writing?
(a) The ferns.
(b) A slant of light.
(c) Yo-yo tricks.
(d) The glistening peritoneum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who once said that '..his firewood warmed him twice because he labored to cut his own'?

2. What does the impulse to save something good for a better place later signify, according to Dillard?

3. Dillard repeated the phrase, 'It is the grave of Jesus, where he lay' over and over like a song in Chapter 5. What poem is this line from?

4. What is a writer compared to in Chapter 5?

5. According to Glenn's story, what was Ferrar after in the water?

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