The Writing Life Test | Final Test - Medium

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

The Writing Life Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 133 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where, in Washington State, did Dillard beg a cabin in which to write?
(a) On Herron Island.
(b) On Haro Strait.
(c) On Snake River.
(d) Boundary Pass.

2. With what type of aid did Dillard once work in order to keep a project organized?
(a) Two computers going at once.
(b) A paper sorter.
(c) A twenty-foot conference table.
(d) A fax machine.

3. What did a Dinka believe his own memories and daydreams to be?
(a) The meaning of life.
(b) Psychologically important.
(c) External to himself.
(d) An extension of himself.

4. What body of water did Dillard write near in Washington State?
(a) Strait of Georgia.
(b) Puget Sound.
(c) Port of Vancouver.
(d) The Columbia River.

5. Why did Dillard momentarily feel she must quit writing in Chapter 3?
(a) She had nothing new to say.
(b) She was not good at it.
(c) She was too young to be living at a desk.
(d) She was addicted to cigarettes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what will teach someone to write, according to Dillard in Chapter 3?

2. Who did Dillard get a visit from in Chapter 3 that was eye-awakening for her?

3. Why did Dillard refer to a Zulu warrior and an Aztec maiden in Chapter 3?

4. Why did Dillard write that 'People should not feed moralistic animals'?

5. Who watched Dillard chop wood every morning in Washington?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dillard say that the life of the mind of a writer is hard to be called "living"?

2. Why does Dillard say that she needed more materials than a pencil and paper in order to write something like a second draft for a thirty-page chapter?

3. Why does Dillard compare a writer writing a first draft to a Zulu warrior and an Aztec maiden?

4. Why does Dillard say it makes more sense to write one big book than to write many stories or essays?

5. What does Dillard mean in Chapter 5 by 'Probe and search each object in a piece of art'?

6. The next-to-last sentence of Chapter 5 reads, 'Shall we go rowing again, we who believe we may indeed row off the edge and fall?' What does this refer to?

7. When Dillard mentions that Thoreau's firewood warmed him twice because he labored to cut his own wood, why does she say that her wood froze her twice?

8. What was unfortunate about Dillard learning how to split wood correctly?

9. What did the children who visited Dillard in Chapter 3 surprise her with?

10. Why does Dillard advise writers not to hoard a good idea for a later place in a book being written or for another book?

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