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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Looking for rare books on chess.
(c) Writing notes to a chess player.
(d) Playing chess with an unknown opponent.

2. Why was Dillard's finger in pain at times as she wrote in the university office in Virginia?
(a) She had a clothespin stuck to her finger until the water boiled.
(b) She got paper cuts.
(c) She spilled hot water on her fingers once in a while.
(d) Her fingers cramped up from writing for so long.

3. Where did Dillard forget about a boiling teakettle and burn it?
(a) An office in a college.
(b) Her kitchen.
(c) A cabin on Puget Sound.
(d) A faculty lounge in a university.

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

5. When a writer is stuck while writing a book, what does Dillard think he should do?
(a) Nothing but think about it.
(b) Write, no matter what.
(c) Read books that are similar.
(d) Do crosswords to stimulate the brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dillard describe the process of writing a book?

2. Which book does Dillard say she discovered that she touched every night in the darkened library to find her room?

3. Who is the Danish aristocrat mentioned in Chapter 2?

4. What do experienced writers urge young men and women to learn, according to Chapter 1?

5. In an analogy about a photographer, why did the photographer say he brought the same rejected photograph for judgment every year?

(see the answer key)

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