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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to Dillard, is the first thing a writer does that is similar to what a painter does?
(a) Shapes the vision of the work.
(b) Ignores the first faint marks on the canvas or page.
(c) Shapes a vision of the world.
(d) Brings the vision of the work to light.

2. What did Dillard find herself doing in the rare book room nearly every day for about two weeks?
(a) Spying on the head librarian.
(b) Writing notes to a chess player.
(c) Looking for rare books on chess.
(d) Playing chess with an unknown opponent.

3. What, on Mount Baker, did the geographer with Rahm and Dillard want to see?
(a) The fissure.
(b) The glaciers.
(c) The peak.
(d) The green crevices.

4. What does Dillard say that she thinks an artist supposes a live image to possess?
(a) Some technique stolen from him.
(b) A confused set of lines.
(c) Something he should pretend to know.
(d) A secret to be discovered.

5. What did Dillard begin to learn about from watching Rahm?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Complexity of rhythm.
(c) Surprise.
(d) Air show demonstrations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What filled all the windows as the plane made passes at the mountain in Chapter 7?

2. What does Dillard say that she thinks happens to something, such as a writing idea, that you do not give up freely and abundantly?

3. What was Dillard's painter neighbor, Glenn, working on for six months in Chapter 6?

4. What happened to the Smith-Corona typewriter in Chapter 4?

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

(see the answer key)

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