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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does Dillard say a writer must ask when considering random scenes that come to mind?
(a) Should I write everything I think of?
(b) Do I want to expose these scenes to the light?
(c) How many scenes do I need to write?
(d) Is writing the same as film exposure?

2. When Dillard wrote in Roanoke, Virginia, what did she long for upon coming home after writing?
(a) A tolerant giant to soothe her.
(b) Cigarettes and coffee.
(c) Sleeping till noon.
(d) A dreamless sleep.

3. How many hours of sleep would Jack London usually get?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

4. How does society regard the writer, in Dillard's experience?
(a) With curiosity.
(b) WIth adulation.
(c) With indifference.
(d) With fear.

5. When Dillard once wrote in a cinder-block cell, what scene did it overlook?
(a) A tar-and-gravel roof.
(b) A strip mall.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Cape Cod bay.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who claimed to have written for twenty hours a day?

2. Who did Dillard get a visit from in Chapter 3 that was eye-awakening for her?

3. As put by Dillard, what is the vision in a writer's or painter's work?

4. Where does Dillard say she wound up putting her pen drawing in Chapter 2?

5. Where did Dillard forget about a boiling teakettle and burn it?

(see the answer key)

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