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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. How many hours of sleep would Jack London usually get?
(a) Two.
(b) Seven.
(c) Eight.
(d) Four.

2. Who did Dillard get a visit from in Chapter 3 that was eye-awakening for her?
(a) A writers' group.
(b) A volunteer EMS worker.
(c) The mail carrier.
(d) Two local neighborhood boys.

3. What written advice was found that Michelangelo had left for his apprentice?
(a) Paint, Antonio...and get it done now.
(b) Use your ideas immediately, Antonio.
(c) Antonio, do as I have done.
(d) Draw, Antonio..and do not waste time.

4. What part of the body does the "line of words" in Chapter 1 invade?
(a) The soul.
(b) The heart.
(c) The brain.
(d) The lungs.

5. Who claimed to have written for twenty hours a day?
(a) James Patterson.
(b) Edgar Allen Poe.
(c) Jack London.
(d) Wallace Stevens.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Dillard left her cabin for home in Chapter 5 during a northeaster, how was she feeling, walking down the beach?

3. Why does it make more sense to write one big book rather than a collection of stories or essays, in Dillard's opinion?

4. What is the topic of an essay written by Dillard that she said she considers too obscure and too intellectual?

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

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