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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dillard describe the process of writing a book?
(a) "It is a dreamlike task."
(b) "It is something to avoid at all costs."
(c) "It is life at its most free."
(d) "It is boring and difficult."

2. What did an inchworm search for in a panic in Chapter 1?
(a) Its front legs.
(b) The next part of a blade of grass it was climbing.
(c) A caterpillar.
(d) A way in which to lift its hind legs to its front legs.

3. According to Dillard, what kind of life is a life of sensation?
(a) A life spent reading.
(b) A life of greed.
(c) A life of spirit.
(d) A good life.

4. Who once said, "Which is the work in which he hasn't surrendered, under dire difficulty, the best thing he meant to have kept"?
(a) Henry James.
(b) Annie Dillard.
(c) William Faulkner.
(d) William Shakespeare.

5. What sport did Dillard play with a boys' music camp?
(a) Basketball.
(b) Flag Football.
(c) Softball.
(d) Soccer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dillard say that she feels a writer must do about feeling one's work in progress is either magnificent or abominable?

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

3. In the life of a Danish aristocrat mentioned in Chapter 2, what did he do for most of the day?

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

5. What did Dillard do one night in the rare book room of the Virginia library?

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