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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Dillard is watching symbols move on her monitor, which sends back numbers to her, what is it her job to do?
(a) Stop immediately.
(b) Hold her breath.
(c) Go for a drive.
(d) Translate the numbers.

2. What do television and films do to the body's senses, according to Dillard?
(a) Stimulate them.
(b) They make the writer sense the need to write.
(c) Make connections.
(d) Numb them.

3. What did Dillard find herself doing in the rare book room nearly every day for about two weeks?
(a) Spying on the head librarian.
(b) Playing chess with an unknown opponent.
(c) Looking for rare books on chess.
(d) Writing notes to a chess player.

4. Saint-Pol-Roux used to hang what sign on his door while he slept?
(a) "Dream in progress."
(b) "Resting is writing."
(c) "The poet is working."
(d) "Do not disturb."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Dillard forget about a boiling teakettle and burn it?

2. What does Dillard say that she makes a pen drawing of in Chapter 2?

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

4. What kept the teakettle that Dillard used in a faculty lounge from whistling?

5. What question does Dillard say a writer must ask when considering random scenes that come to mind?

(see the answer key)

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