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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What famous author said, "The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon....and at length the middle-aged man concludes to build a wood-shed with them"?
(a) Thomas Mann.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Henry James.
(d) Henry Thoreau.

2. Who said a long poem takes between five and ten years to write?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Maya Angelou.
(d) John Berryman.

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

4. Dillard believes that some writers weaken their resolve to discard parts of their work. Why?
(a) It is too much work.
(b) They believe every word they write is too important to discard.
(c) People have told them it is too good to discard.
(d) The words have come to have a necessary quality.

5. Who is the main character in a story told by Ernest Thompson Seton?
(a) A Native American woman.
(b) An Algonquin woman.
(c) An Eskimo man.
(d) A fisherman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish this West African proverb from Chapter 2: "The beginning of wisdom is.."

2. How did Washington writer, Charlie Butts, write fiction in order to gain momentum?

3. Where does Dillard say she wound up putting her pen drawing in Chapter 2?

4. Which author would only write poetry when he was '...rather out of health'?

5. Under what circumstances did Rabbi Uri of Strelisk tell his family to dispose of his manuscripts?

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