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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. Why did Dillard write that 'People should not feed moralistic animals'?
(a) Her cat stretched out and turned its back to her.
(b) Her dog looked at her and rolled its eyes.
(c) Her dog trotted around the room, head up in the air.
(d) Her cat pushed its empty food bowl around.

2. Who watched Dillard chop wood every morning in Washington?
(a) Doe and Bob.
(b) Holly and Frederick.
(c) Conrad and Brian.
(d) Small animals.

3. What did Dillard notice most in the Washington cabin she wrote in?
(a) The cold.
(b) The view.
(c) The beauty.
(d) The quiet.

4. What happened to the Smith-Corona typewriter in Chapter 4?
(a) It erupted with smoke and fire.
(b) The cord sent out sparks.
(c) It fell from the desk and broke.
(d) The rumbling damaged it beyond repair.

5. Who is the Danish aristocrat mentioned in Chapter 2?
(a) Wilhelm Dinesen.
(b) Wallace Stevens.
(c) Sverre Magnus.
(d) Osip Mandelstam.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose wife posed for the Liberty dime?

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

3. Who claimed to have written for twenty hours a day?

4. Jack London maintained that every writer needs a technique, experience, and what else?

5. What was Dillard's only physical activity in the one-room log cabin on an empty beach?

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