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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 made the teakettle in the faculty lounge look so interesting in Chapter 3?
(a) It had a picture of an Aztec on it.
(b) It was in the shape of a cow.
(c) It was only large enough for 8 ounces of liquid.
(d) It had a clothespin jutting from its mouth.

2. Finish this West African proverb from Chapter 2: "The beginning of wisdom is.."
(a) to open a book.
(b) listening to others.
(c) nature.
(d) to get you a roof.

3. Who wrote, 'He goes because he must, as Galahad went towards the Grail; knowing that for those who can live it, this alone is life'?
(a) Henry Thoreau.
(b) Albert Einstein.
(c) Wallace Stevens.
(d) Evelyn Underhill.

4. What is the title of the Jack London book mentioned in Chapter 2?
(a) The Sea-Wolf.
(b) The Iron Heel.
(c) White Fang.
(d) The Call of the Wild.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What question did Dillard ask Glenn that he answered with the story of Ferrar?

3. Whose wife posed for the Liberty dime?

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

5. What was Dillard's study on Cape Cod?

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