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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who claimed to have written for twenty hours a day?
(a) Jack London.
(b) Wallace Stevens.
(c) James Patterson.
(d) Edgar Allen Poe.

2. What is needed in the world more than another excellent manuscript, as far as Dillard is concerned?
(a) Pollen.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Honey.
(d) Bees.

3. According to Dillard, what kind of life is a life of sensation?
(a) A life spent reading.
(b) A life of spirit.
(c) A good life.
(d) A life of greed.

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

5. How long did it take William Faulkner to write "As I Lay Dying"?
(a) Six months.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Six weeks.
(d) Six years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport did Dillard play with a boys' music camp?

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

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

4. What does Dillard say shocked her as she remembered a formal lunch with a publishing colleague in Chapter 2?

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

(see the answer key)

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