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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Dillard say that she remembers seeing on the island at Haro Strait that made her weep on the shore in fear?
(a) A fire on Stuart Island.
(b) The sea in a winter storm.
(c) A man out in a rowboat at night.
(d) The island beach dropping to the ocean floor suddenly.

3. What did Frederick Buechner note about an author realizing that he is actually writing?
(a) The wood must be split and fired.
(b) It must go on once it is noticed.
(c) The writer should revise what was written.
(d) It calls for a break or celebration.

4. Whose drawings and paintings did Dillard believe show his bewilderment and persistence?
(a) Gaugan.
(b) Rousseau.
(c) Giacometti.
(d) Picasso.

5. Why did Dillard give up on everything while flying in the airplane with Rahm?
(a) She forgot how to pray.
(b) She knew death was near.
(c) It was out of her hands.
(d) She could only see clouds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dillard study in Chapter 5?

2. Thornton Wilder cited an unnamed writer of sonnets as saying only one line drops from where?

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

4. Who watched Dillard chop wood every morning in Washington?

5. What did Wallace Stevens dictate to his secretary?

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