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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What passage was Dillard working on in the cabin on Puget Sound while a northeaster was blowing?
(a) A passage about a wild child.
(b) Christ's baptism in the bay in front of the house.
(c) A marble statue of a Greek funerary.
(d) Rows of breaker waves resembling lines of writing.

4. What body of water did Dillard write near in Washington State?
(a) Puget Sound.
(b) Port of Vancouver.
(c) The Columbia River.
(d) Strait of Georgia.

5. How did Dillard's sentence ('He led him into the water') from the book she was working on during a northeaster sound to her?
(a) Rhythmical.
(b) Bright.
(c) Clunky.
(d) Powerful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dillard claim as being a good life?

2. When Dillard lacked sufficient energy for writing one morning in Chapter 3, what does she say she did to try and get it?

3. What did King Hussein invite Rahm to do in Jordan?

4. Who did Dillard's neighbor, Glenn, tell her about when she returned to the island in late June?

5. How did Rahm believe one can get a better feel for a mountain's power?

(see the answer key)

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