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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4, 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who claimed to have written for twenty hours a day?
(a) Wallace Stevens.
(b) James Patterson.
(c) Edgar Allen Poe.
(d) Jack London.

3. What two problems does Dillard say she feels that a writer must solve when writing a book?
(a) Can it be done? and, Can I do it?
(b) Where is my plot? and, How do I end this?
(c) Can I write each sentence? and, Can I string them together?
(d) Can I keep track of characters? and, What do I name them?

4. What happened to the Smith-Corona typewriter in Chapter 4?
(a) It fell from the desk and broke.
(b) The rumbling damaged it beyond repair.
(c) It erupted with smoke and fire.
(d) The cord sent out sparks.

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) Surgical incision of the perineum during childbirth.
(c) Bacterial DNA that is extrachromosomal.
(d) A philosophy concerned with the nature and origin of knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who once said that '..his firewood warmed him twice because he labored to cut his own'?

2. What does Dillard claim as being a good life?

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

4. What part of the body does the "line of words" in Chapter 1 invade?

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

(see the answer key)

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