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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which book does Dillard say she discovered that she touched every night in the darkened library to find her room?
(a) It's the End of the World.
(b) The World Without Us.
(c) The World I Live In.
(d) World's End.

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

3. Which insect is discussed in the book as part of an entomological experiment?
(a) Phataria.
(b) A butterfly.
(c) A worm.
(d) A fly.

4. Where does the "line of words" go at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) To Venus.
(b) To the sun.
(c) Out past Jupiter.
(d) To Houston, Texas.

5. 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."

Short Answer Questions

1. As explained by Dillard in Chapter 1, what must be done to a piece of writing after the first draft is finished?

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

3. What did Dillard find herself doing in the rare book room nearly every day for about two weeks?

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

5. What part of the body does the "line of words" in Chapter 1 invade?

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