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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Wallace Stevens dictate to his secretary?
(a) Letters.
(b) Orders for lunch.
(c) Editorial essays.
(d) Poetry.

2. What was Dillard's study on Cape Cod?
(a) A pine shed.
(b) A small room in her home.
(c) A former lighthouse.
(d) The public library.

3. What happened in Bridgeport, Connecticut one morning in April, 1987?
(a) A writer was killed.
(b) The author sustained a hairline fracture.
(c) A building collapsed.
(d) A Rabbi went to prayers.

4. Who claimed to have written for twenty hours a day?
(a) Jack London.
(b) Wallace Stevens.
(c) Edgar Allen Poe.
(d) James Patterson.

5. Which book does Dillard say she discovered that she touched every night in the darkened library to find her room?
(a) The World I Live In.
(b) World's End.
(c) It's the End of the World.
(d) The World Without Us.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Dillard, what kind of life is a life of sensation?

2. How long does it generally take to write a book?

3. Oftentimes, what part of Dillard's work must be edited out?

4. Who is the main character in a story told by Ernest Thompson Seton?

5. What ended the chess game for Dillard in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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