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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dillard say that she makes a pen drawing of in Chapter 2?
(a) The scenery outside her study carrel.
(b) People pulling into the parking lot.
(c) Snapping turtles.
(d) Cows on a hilltop.

2. In an analogy about a photographer, why did the photographer say he brought the same rejected photograph for judgment every year?
(a) "...I only used that camera this one time."
(b) "...I just know it is my best shot."
(c) "...I never throw anything away."
(d) "...I had to climb a mountain to get it."

3. What does Dillard describe as 'a net for catching days' in Chapter 2?
(a) A schedule.
(b) A journal.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Clocks.

4. Who is the Danish aristocrat mentioned in Chapter 2?
(a) Sverre Magnus.
(b) Wilhelm Dinesen.
(c) Wallace Stevens.
(d) Osip Mandelstam.

5. What do experienced writers urge young men and women to learn, according to Chapter 1?
(a) Shakesperian plays.
(b) Word definitions.
(c) How to spell.
(d) A useful trade.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take William Faulkner to write "As I Lay Dying"?

2. What did Dillard's study carrel in the Hollins College library overlook?

3. Who did Dillard see standing at the chess table in the Roanoke library one night?

4. How did Dillard get into the library in Roanoke late at night?

5. According to Dillard, how do painters work as opposed to writers?

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