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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's "line of words" do with random pictures in the writer's mind?
(a) Writes them down, word for word.
(b) Dissects them out.
(c) Dismisses them.
(d) Dreams of them.

2. When Dillard is watching symbols move on her monitor, which sends back numbers to her, what is it her job to do?
(a) Go for a drive.
(b) Hold her breath.
(c) Translate the numbers.
(d) Stop immediately.

3. What do experienced writers urge young men and women to learn, according to Chapter 1?
(a) Word definitions.
(b) How to spell.
(c) Shakesperian plays.
(d) A useful trade.

4. Who did Dillard see standing at the chess table in the Roanoke library one night?
(a) A baby in a diaper.
(b) The head librarian.
(c) Her phantom opponent.
(d) The librarian's wife.

5. Dillard repeated the phrase, 'It is the grave of Jesus, where he lay' over and over like a song in Chapter 5. What poem is this line from?
(a) Valley Candle.
(b) Sunday Morning.
(c) Poem Written at Morning.
(d) The Well Dressed Man with a Beard.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Dillard's experience, what always wins over the vision being forgotten?

2. Where does Dillard say she wound up putting her pen drawing in Chapter 2?

3. Who does Dillard say that she believes to be one of the most prolific writers who has ever lived?

4. How do Tibetan lamas keep from floating away, as described in Chapter 5?

5. Who did Dillard's neighbor, Glenn, tell her about when she returned to the island in late June?

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