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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As put by Dillard, what is the vision in a writer's or painter's work?
(a) The end result of the work.
(b) A series of formal possibilities.
(c) The time and materials needed.
(d) A piece of paper.

2. In the life of a Danish aristocrat mentioned in Chapter 2, what did he do for most of the day?
(a) Napped.
(b) Ate.
(c) Hunted.
(d) Swam.

3. What did Dillard learn about herself while talking with the sheriff in Chapter 3?
(a) She didn't know why she avoided writing.
(b) She would one day die.
(c) She learned things by writing.
(d) She should be running a ferryboat.

4. In Dillard's thoughts, what words stopped Rebbe Shmelke from hearing his teacher?
(a) "Amen."
(b) "So be it."
(c) "The Lord spoke."
(d) "God bless you."

5. In an analogy about a photographer, why did the photographer say he brought the same rejected photograph for judgment every year?
(a) "...I never throw anything away."
(b) "...I had to climb a mountain to get it."
(c) "...I only used that camera this one time."
(d) "...I just know it is my best shot."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dillard's "line of words" do with random pictures in the writer's mind?

2. What ended the chess game for Dillard in Chapter 2?

3. To what does Dillard compare writing a book?

4. What does Dillard say that the printed word cannot compete with?

5. Who once said that '..his firewood warmed him twice because he labored to cut his own'?

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