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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 the novel as a form usually represent, according to Dillard?
(a) History.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Society.
(d) Non-commericialism.

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

3. When Dillard left her cabin for home in Chapter 5 during a northeaster, how was she feeling, walking down the beach?
(a) Dead-like.
(b) Blurry-eyed.
(c) Bright and alive.
(d) Light and dizzy.

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

5. Who once said about writing, 'Know your own bone'?
(a) Ibsen.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Thoreau.
(d) Truitt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Ferrar heading as he rowed against the current all night?

2. According to Dillard, what kind of life is a life of sensation?

3. What does Dillard say she believes poets and novelists like?

4. What animal, according to Dillard, is an analogy for characters in a writer's book "taking over"?

5. What does Dillard describe as 'a net for catching days' in Chapter 2?

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