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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 does Dillard say she believes poets and novelists like?
(a) Writers from the nineteenth century.
(b) The thought of themselves as writers.
(c) Poems and novels.
(d) Books about writing.

2. Which insect is discussed in the book as part of an entomological experiment?
(a) A worm.
(b) A butterfly.
(c) A fly.
(d) Phataria.

3. How long did it take William Faulkner to write "As I Lay Dying"?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Six months.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Six years.

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

5. What did Dillard do one night in the rare book room of the Virginia library?
(a) Left the lights on all night.
(b) Knocked over a chess board.
(c) Moved a black chess piece.
(d) Moved a white chess piece.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dillard wrote in Roanoke, Virginia, what did she long for upon coming home after writing?

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

3. As explained by Dillard in Chapter 1, what must be done to a piece of writing after the first draft is finished?

4. Whose poetry did Dillard usually read aloud when on a break?

5. How did Dillard come to understand the proper way to split wood?

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