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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. Where does Dillard say she wound up putting her pen drawing in Chapter 2?
(a) Between the pages of her novel.
(b) Taped to the venetian blinds.
(c) On the wall of the library.
(d) On her kitchen fridge.

2. What was Dillard's only physical activity in the one-room log cabin on an empty beach?
(a) Walking a few feet from the bed to the desk.
(b) Walking along the beach at low tide.
(c) Jogging to her husband's cabin in the evening.
(d) Practicing yoga on the beach.

3. What is the title of the Jack London book mentioned in Chapter 2?
(a) The Sea-Wolf.
(b) The Call of the Wild.
(c) The Iron Heel.
(d) White Fang.

4. What does Dillard compare writing to in the first paragraph of the book?
(a) A dead end.
(b) A path to pick through.
(c) An ordeal to be probed.
(d) Laying out a line of words.

5. How long does the twilight linger on the island on Haro Strait in June and July?
(a) Until seven p.m.
(b) Until nearly midnight.
(c) Until dawn.
(d) Until nine at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which author would only write poetry when he was '...rather out of health'?

2. Who once said about writing, 'Know your own bone'?

3. What question did Dillard ask Glenn that he answered with the story of Ferrar?

4. Thornton Wilder cited an unnamed writer of sonnets as saying only one line drops from where?

5. What does Dillard say many people prefer to the written word?

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