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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which insect is discussed in the book as part of an entomological experiment?
2. What do television and films do to the body's senses, according to Dillard?
3. What had Dillard forgotten all about as she worked on a Fourth-of-July night?
4. What did Dillard find herself doing in the rare book room nearly every day for about two weeks?
5. What is needed in the world more than another excellent manuscript, as far as Dillard is concerned?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is 'the path' of the line of writing, as described in Chapter 1 by Dillard, not to be considered the actual work?
2. What is the meaning of Thoreau's note that "The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or perchance a palace or temple on the earth, and at length the middle-aged man concludes to build a wood-shed with them"?
3. Describe the inside of Dillard's study on Cape Cod.
4. Why does Dillard feel that an appealing workplace for a writer should be avoided?
5. Why does Dillard believe a writer often wants to refrain from throwing away the beginnings of the work she has created?
6. Why does Dillard believe that putting together a book is interesting and exhilarating?
7. When Dillard was working in the library at night, how did she find her way around in the dark?
8. What analogy does Dillard use to explain how a book leads its writer on?
9. When the cab driver in New York sang songs with Dillard, why did he sing one dull song twice?
10. When Dillard heard a June bug bumping up against the carrel window one night, what did the noise bring her to realize?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Dillard taped up her pen drawing of the scene outside her window to the venetian blinds. Explain how this helped her concentrate on her work.
What was missing in the drawing of the scene that was really outside the window? Why wasn't it enough for her to just close the blinds?
Essay Topic 2
Why did the stunt flights of Dave Rahm become so important to Dillard? What impact did he have on her life? What connections did she make upon seeing his show and flying with him?
Essay Topic 3
What was Dillard, as a reader, looking for and hoping to find when reading? What emotions and insights did Dillard hope to find? What does Dillard believe many people do that inspires her to write "..instead we watch television and miss the show"?
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