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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do experienced writers urge young men and women to learn, according to Chapter 1?
(a) A useful trade.
(b) How to spell.
(c) Word definitions.
(d) Shakesperian plays.

2. Who did Dillard get a visit from in Chapter 3 that was eye-awakening for her?
(a) Two local neighborhood boys.
(b) A volunteer EMS worker.
(c) The mail carrier.
(d) A writers' group.

3. Which book does Dillard say she discovered that she touched every night in the darkened library to find her room?
(a) The World I Live In.
(b) The World Without Us.
(c) It's the End of the World.
(d) World's End.

4. What did Frederick Buechner note about an author realizing that he is actually writing?
(a) It must go on once it is noticed.
(b) The wood must be split and fired.
(c) It calls for a break or celebration.
(d) The writer should revise what was written.

5. Which poem did Dillard often read aloud?
(a) Miracles.
(b) Sea Hollly.
(c) The Tower.
(d) The Comet.

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

3. How does Dillard say that she defines the life of the writer in Chapter 3?

4. Who said a long poem takes between five and ten years to write?

5. To what does Dillard compare writing a book?

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