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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. How did a well-known writer respond to a student in Chapter 5 who asked if he could be a writer?
(a) Do you like sentences?
(b) Do you have imagination?
(c) Have you taken my course?
(d) What do you know about the world?

2. Dillard repeated the phrase, 'It is the grave of Jesus, where he lay' over and over like a song in Chapter 5. What poem is this line from?
(a) The Well Dressed Man with a Beard.
(b) Valley Candle.
(c) Poem Written at Morning.
(d) Sunday Morning.

3. Which poem did Dillard often read aloud?
(a) Sea Hollly.
(b) Miracles.
(c) The Tower.
(d) The Comet.

4. How long does the twilight linger on the island on Haro Strait in June and July?
(a) Until dawn.
(b) Until nine at night.
(c) Until seven p.m.
(d) Until nearly midnight.

5. What does Dillard say that she found so appealing about a Danish aristocrat?
(a) His daily schedule.
(b) His life of leisure.
(c) His title.
(d) His ability to relax.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Dillard get into the library in Roanoke late at night?

3. What does Dillard say that she thinks happens to something, such as a writing idea, that you do not give up freely and abundantly?

4. In working-class France, what did Dillard say that experienced workers tell an apprentice who gets hurt or tired?

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

(see the answer key)

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