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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 did Dillard study in Chapter 5?
(a) Paintboxes.
(b) Literature.
(c) The world.
(d) Exhilaration.

2. What does Dillard have to say about appealing workplaces for writing?
(a) They are to be avoided.
(b) Bright yellow paint on the walls is best.
(c) Avoid drabness at all costs.
(d) The lovelier the scenery, the better.

3. What was Dillard's painter neighbor, Glenn, working on for six months in Chapter 6?
(a) Landscapes painted by dripping paint on canvas.
(b) Folded sculpture.
(c) Dipping papers into vats of colored oil on water.
(d) Painting over marbleized papers.

4. Under what circumstances did Rabbi Uri of Strelisk tell his family to dispose of his manuscripts?
(a) If he should die on his way to prayers.
(b) If writing became the death of him.
(c) If praying should kill him.
(d) If there was a risk of fire.

5. What question did Dillard ask Glenn that he answered with the story of Ferrar?
(a) How the waters were.
(b) What the weather was like now.
(c) How far it was to Fishery Point.
(d) How his work was going.

Short Answer Questions

1. In working-class France, what did Dillard say that experienced workers tell an apprentice who gets hurt or tired?

2. What was knocking on the carrel window as Dillard worked in Roanoke?

3. Who watched Dillard chop wood every morning in Washington?

4. Where, in Washington State, did Dillard beg a cabin in which to write?

5. What sport did Dillard play with a boys' music camp?

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