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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4, 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who once said about writing, 'Know your own bone'?
(a) Ibsen.
(b) Truitt.
(c) Thoreau.
(d) Whitman.

2. Who once said that '..his firewood warmed him twice because he labored to cut his own'?
(a) Joyce.
(b) Whitman.
(c) Thoreau.
(d) James.

3. As put by Dillard, what is the vision in a writer's or painter's work?
(a) The end result of the work.
(b) The time and materials needed.
(c) A series of formal possibilities.
(d) A piece of paper.

4. What does Dillard describe as 'a net for catching days' in Chapter 2?
(a) A journal.
(b) A schedule.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Clocks.

5. What written advice was found that Michelangelo had left for his apprentice?
(a) Draw, Antonio..and do not waste time.
(b) Use your ideas immediately, Antonio.
(c) Paint, Antonio...and get it done now.
(d) Antonio, do as I have done.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long does the twilight linger on the island on Haro Strait in June and July?

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. Finish this West African proverb from Chapter 2: "The beginning of wisdom is.."

5. Who claimed to have written for twenty hours a day?

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