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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did a Dinka believe his own memories and daydreams to be?
(a) The meaning of life.
(b) Psychologically important.
(c) An extension of himself.
(d) External to himself.

2. Why does it make more sense to write one big book rather than a collection of stories or essays, in Dillard's opinion?
(a) There is more money to be made with a book.
(b) You can fit all you possess into a long project.
(c) It does not take as long to write one big book.
(d) A cast of characters is easier to work with.

3. In Dillard's experience, what always wins over the vision being forgotten?
(a) The page.
(b) The set of mental relationships.
(c) An imaginary object.
(d) The work's intellectual structure.

4. Which book does Dillard say she discovered that she touched every night in the darkened library to find her room?
(a) World's End.
(b) The World Without Us.
(c) The World I Live In.
(d) It's the End of the World.

5. Who had Rahm flown for in Jordan?
(a) King Talal.
(b) King Abdullah II.
(c) King Hussein.
(d) King Abdullah I.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jack London maintained that every writer needs a technique, experience, and what else?

2. What damage did the Smith-Corona typewriter do in Chapter 4?

3. When Dillard lacked sufficient energy for writing one morning in Chapter 3, what does she say she did to try and get it?

4. What question does Dillard say a writer must ask when considering random scenes that come to mind?

5. Who wrote, 'He goes because he must, as Galahad went towards the Grail; knowing that for those who can live it, this alone is life'?

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