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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the life of a Danish aristocrat mentioned in Chapter 2, what did he do for most of the day?
(a) Swam.
(b) Napped.
(c) Ate.
(d) Hunted.

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

3. To what does Dillard compare writing a book?
(a) A reality television show.
(b) Learning to walk via crawling.
(c) Running a marathon.
(d) Climbing a long ladder.

4. As explained by Dillard in Chapter 1, what must be done to a piece of writing after the first draft is finished?
(a) Delete just a few sentences.
(b) You must strike it with a hammer.
(c) It must be mercilessly edited.
(d) Nothing; it is done.

5. 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) Surgical incision of the perineum during childbirth.
(c) Greek knowledge.
(d) Bacterial DNA that is extrachromosomal.

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. What do television and films do to the body's senses, according to Dillard?

3. When Dillard once wrote in a cinder-block cell, what scene did it overlook?

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

5. 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"?

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