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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What part of the body does the "line of words" in Chapter 1 invade?
2. What did Dillard's study carrel in the Hollins College library overlook?
3. When a writer is stuck while writing a book, what does Dillard think he should do?
4. According to Dillard, what kind of life is a life of sensation?
5. What was Dillard's study on Cape Cod?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Dillard describe the way in which a writer might start the process of writing a book?
2. Why does Dillard believe that putting together a book is interesting and exhilarating?
3. When Dillard heard a June bug bumping up against the carrel window one night, what did the noise bring her to realize?
4. What decision did Dillard make to finally shut herself off from all distractions at the library carrel?
5. What, outside Dillard's library window, proved to cause the most distraction to her work?
6. Why did a ritual slaughterer bid goodbye to his wife and children every morning as if it were his last, in Chapter 1?
7. Why does Dillard feel that an appealing workplace for a writer should be avoided?
8. Dillard vows to remember her difficulties writing in Roanoke, Virginia. Why is this ironic?
9. Describe the inside of Dillard's study on Cape Cod.
10. What is the most appealing schedule that Dillard says she knows?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the vision of what a projected work of art is, whether it be writing or painting. How does the vision lead one to a finished product?
Essay Topic 2
What was Dillard, as a reader, looking for and hoping to find when reading? What emotions and insights did Dillard hope to find? What does Dillard believe many people do that inspires her to write "..instead we watch television and miss the show"?
Essay Topic 3
What is the overall theme of Chapter 1? Give examples to support your answer.
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