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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Dillard's study on Cape Cod?
(a) A former lighthouse.
(b) A small room in her home.
(c) The public library.
(d) A pine shed.

3. 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) A secret to be discovered.
(d) Something he should pretend to know.

4. What did Dillard once describe a moth on a ship as doing?
(a) Taking off before she could draw it.
(b) Being stepped on by someone.
(c) Taking flight like a hummingbird.
(d) Losing altitude and drowning.

5. What was the mountain called in Chapter 7 that had two jagged peaks, red from iron?
(a) Arrowheads.
(b) Mount Baker.
(c) Mount St. Helens.
(d) The Twin Sisters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a writer compared to in Chapter 5?

2. When Dillard once wrote in a cinder-block cell, what scene did it overlook?

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

4. Who is the Danish aristocrat mentioned in Chapter 2?

5. What does Dillard compare writing to in the first paragraph of the book?

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