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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a writer is stuck while writing a book, what does Dillard think he should do?
(a) Write, no matter what.
(b) Read books that are similar.
(c) Nothing but think about it.
(d) Do crosswords to stimulate the brain.

2. What was Dillard's study on Cape Cod?
(a) A pine shed.
(b) A former lighthouse.
(c) The public library.
(d) A small room in her home.

3. What was seen outside the carrel window in Roanoke when Dillard peeked outside the blinds?
(a) Daylight.
(b) A May beetle.
(c) Fireworks.
(d) The parking lot.

4. What does Dillard say many people prefer to the written word?
(a) Recordings.
(b) Film.
(c) Life.
(d) TV.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dillard compare writing to in the first paragraph of the book?

2. When Dillard wrote in Roanoke, Virginia, what did she long for upon coming home after writing?

3. Oftentimes, what part of Dillard's work must be edited out?

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 does Dillard say that she found so appealing about a Danish aristocrat?

(see the answer key)

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