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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In an analogy about a photographer, why did the photographer say he brought the same rejected photograph for judgment every year?
(a) "...I had to climb a mountain to get it."
(b) "...I only used that camera this one time."
(c) "...I just know it is my best shot."
(d) "...I never throw anything away."

3. How many hours of sleep would Jack London usually get?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

4. Whose wife posed for the Liberty dime?
(a) Osip Mandelstam.
(b) Wilhelm Dinesen.
(c) Thomas Mann.
(d) Wallace Stevens.

5. As explained by Dillard in Chapter 1, what must be done to a piece of writing after the first draft is finished?
(a) Nothing; it is done.
(b) You must strike it with a hammer.
(c) It must be mercilessly edited.
(d) Delete just a few sentences.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Dillard wrote in Roanoke, Virginia, what did she long for upon coming home after writing?

2. Which author would walk through the hills for seven or eight hours on end without a hint of fatigue?

3. What does Dillard describe as 'a net for catching days' in Chapter 2?

4. Under what circumstances did Rabbi Uri of Strelisk tell his family to dispose of his manuscripts?

5. What book was Dillard working on in Roanoke, Virginia?

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