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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finish this West African proverb from Chapter 2: "The beginning of wisdom is.."
(a) nature.
(b) listening to others.
(c) to get you a roof.
(d) to open a book.

2. Whose wife posed for the Liberty dime?
(a) Wallace Stevens.
(b) Wilhelm Dinesen.
(c) Osip Mandelstam.
(d) Thomas Mann.

3. Dillard refers to writing as changing "..from an expression of your notions to an epistemological tool." What does epistemological mean?
(a) A philosophy concerned with the nature and origin of knowledge.
(b) Bacterial DNA that is extrachromosomal.
(c) Surgical incision of the perineum during childbirth.
(d) Greek knowledge.

4. Which insect is discussed in the book as part of an entomological experiment?
(a) A fly.
(b) A butterfly.
(c) A worm.
(d) Phataria.

5. What had Dillard forgotten all about as she worked on a Fourth-of-July night?
(a) Her books.
(b) Eating dinner.
(c) The rest of the world.
(d) Where she was in her writing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In an analogy about a photographer, why did the photographer say he brought the same rejected photograph for judgment every year?

2. Who is the Danish aristocrat mentioned in Chapter 2?

3. What book was Dillard working on in Roanoke, Virginia?

4. Which author would only write poetry when he was '...rather out of health'?

5. As explained by Dillard in Chapter 1, what must be done to a piece of writing after the first draft is finished?

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