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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do television and films do to the body's senses, according to Dillard?
(a) Numb them.
(b) They make the writer sense the need to write.
(c) Make connections.
(d) Stimulate them.

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

3. Oftentimes, what part of Dillard's work must be edited out?
(a) The dialogue.
(b) The best-written part.
(c) The opening paragraph.
(d) The typos and misspellings.

4. Under what circumstances did Rabbi Uri of Strelisk tell his family to dispose of his manuscripts?
(a) If praying should kill him.
(b) If he should die on his way to prayers.
(c) If there was a risk of fire.
(d) If writing became the death of him.

5. Dillard believes that some writers weaken their resolve to discard parts of their work. Why?
(a) They believe every word they write is too important to discard.
(b) It is too much work.
(c) People have told them it is too good to discard.
(d) The words have come to have a necessary quality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the main character in a story told by Ernest Thompson Seton?

2. What do experienced writers urge young men and women to learn, according to Chapter 1?

3. What famous author said, "The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon....and at length the middle-aged man concludes to build a wood-shed with them"?

4. When Dillard is watching symbols move on her monitor, which sends back numbers to her, what is it her job to do?

5. Saint-Pol-Roux used to hang what sign on his door while he slept?

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