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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Dillard's study on Cape Cod?
(a) A small room in her home.
(b) A pine shed.
(c) A former lighthouse.
(d) The public library.

2. What does Dillard's "line of words" do with random pictures in the writer's mind?
(a) Dissects them out.
(b) Dismisses them.
(c) Writes them down, word for word.
(d) Dreams of them.

3. Where does Dillard say she wound up putting her pen drawing in Chapter 2?
(a) Between the pages of her novel.
(b) On her kitchen fridge.
(c) Taped to the venetian blinds.
(d) On the wall of the library.

4. Which author would only write poetry when he was '...rather out of health'?
(a) Jack London.
(b) Osip Mandelstam.
(c) Wallace Stevens.
(d) A.E. Housman.

5. What does Dillard have to say about appealing workplaces for writing?
(a) They are to be avoided.
(b) Bright yellow paint on the walls is best.
(c) Avoid drabness at all costs.
(d) The lovelier the scenery, the better.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the topic of an essay written by Dillard that she said she considers too obscure and too intellectual?

4. What is needed in the world more than another excellent manuscript, as far as Dillard is concerned?

5. What did an inchworm search for in a panic in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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