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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dillard say that she found so appealing about a Danish aristocrat?
(a) His ability to relax.
(b) His daily schedule.
(c) His title.
(d) His life of leisure.

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) The sea in a winter storm.
(b) The island beach dropping to the ocean floor suddenly.
(c) A fire on Stuart Island.
(d) A man out in a rowboat at night.

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

4. What did Dillard realize when she spoke to the local sheriff in Chapter 3?
(a) She was like one who worked in a factory all day.
(b) She loved writing.
(c) She was a good, sane person.
(d) She loved running a ferryboat.

5. What did King Hussein invite Rahm to do in Jordan?
(a) Join the air force there.
(b) Be a geology professor at the university.
(c) Set up a stunt-flying team.
(d) Train an aerobatics team.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did a well-known writer respond to a student in Chapter 5 who asked if he could be a writer?

2. Which poem did Dillard often read aloud?

3. Who wrote, 'He goes because he must, as Galahad went towards the Grail; knowing that for those who can live it, this alone is life'?

4. Who said that 'All virtue is a form of acting'?

5. Where did the pilot, Rahm, sit in the plane while flying?

(see the answer key)

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