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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. How did Dillard come to understand the proper way to split wood?
2. Whose poetry did Dillard usually read aloud when on a break?
3. What damage did the Smith-Corona typewriter do in Chapter 4?
4. Who did Dillard get a visit from in Chapter 3 that was eye-awakening for her?
5. What made the teakettle in the faculty lounge look so interesting in Chapter 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Dillard learn from the local ferryman?
2. Why does Dillard compare a writer writing a first draft to a Zulu warrior and an Aztec maiden?
3. Why does Dillard say that she needed more materials than a pencil and paper in order to write something like a second draft for a thirty-page chapter?
4. How does Dillard compare a writer to a Seminole alligator wrestler?
5. In Chapter 4, Dillard's typewriter erupted. What was the damage done?
6. What did the children who visited Dillard in Chapter 3 surprise her with?
7. How does a work in progress turn on its author, according to Dillard?
8. How does Dillard say that she believes a writer must control his or her own energies in order to work?
9. What was unfortunate about Dillard learning how to split wood correctly?
10. What was Glenn's story about Ferrar Burn?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In working-class France, when an apprentice was hurt, the more experienced worker told him that "it is the trade entering his body." What is meant by this statement? How can art or creativity enter the body? How must a writer accommodate herself to the writing?
Essay Topic 2
Explain the vision of what a projected work of art is, whether it be writing or painting. How does the vision lead one to a finished product?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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