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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did many geology departments throughout the country use of Rahm's?
(a) His plane.
(b) His lecture notes.
(c) His photographic slides.
(d) Videos of his flights.

2. What did Dillard watch when the air show was over?
(a) Cars in an auto show.
(b) An airplane in the skies.
(c) Rahm walking away.
(d) A stunt swallow.

3. Saint-Pol-Roux used to hang what sign on his door while he slept?
(a) "Dream in progress."
(b) "Resting is writing."
(c) "Do not disturb."
(d) "The poet is working."

4. In Dillard's experience, what always wins over the vision being forgotten?
(a) The set of mental relationships.
(b) The page.
(c) The work's intellectual structure.
(d) An imaginary object.

5. A month after Dillard flew with Rahm, what did she witness in Bellingham?
(a) Rahm playing classical music on his plane.
(b) Rahm's plane crashing to the ground.
(c) A long mathematical proof in the sky.
(d) Rahm flying his plane over Bellingham.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which author would walk through the hills for seven or eight hours on end without a hint of fatigue?

2. What did Rahm think of the air as being when he did flying performances?

3. What did Rahm perform on the plane's tail?

4. What does Dillard compare writing to in the first paragraph of the book?

5. What does Dillard's "line of words" do with random pictures in the writer's mind?

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