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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 was Dillard's painter neighbor, Glenn, working on for six months in Chapter 6?
(a) Dipping papers into vats of colored oil on water.
(b) Painting over marbleized papers.
(c) Folded sculpture.
(d) Landscapes painted by dripping paint on canvas.

2. What did Dillard use to crank herself up to write, in the log cabin in Chapter 3?
(a) A daily jog on the beach.
(b) Coffee in titrated doses.
(c) Photos of lions.
(d) The company of a cat and dog.

3. What did Dillard's study carrel in the Hollins College library overlook?
(a) A tar-and-gravel roof.
(b) A river.
(c) A grove of elm trees.
(d) A brick wall.

4. What passage was Dillard working on in the cabin on Puget Sound while a northeaster was blowing?
(a) A passage about a wild child.
(b) Christ's baptism in the bay in front of the house.
(c) Rows of breaker waves resembling lines of writing.
(d) A marble statue of a Greek funerary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does it make more sense to write one big book rather than a collection of stories or essays, in Dillard's opinion?

2. What did a Dinka believe his own memories and daydreams to be?

3. What kept the teakettle that Dillard used in a faculty lounge from whistling?

4. Dillard believes that some writers weaken their resolve to discard parts of their work. Why?

5. Which author would only write poetry when he was '...rather out of health'?

(see the answer key)

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