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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dillard say that she believes a writer should aim for when writing?
(a) The scraps of wood.
(b) The chopping block.
(c) The wood.
(d) The axe.

2. How does Dillard say that she defines the life of the writer in Chapter 3?
(a) As ludicrous.
(b) As literary.
(c) As sensory.
(d) As colorless.

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

4. Under what circumstances did Rabbi Uri of Strelisk tell his family to dispose of his manuscripts?
(a) If he should die on his way to prayers.
(b) If writing became the death of him.
(c) If there was a risk of fire.
(d) If praying should kill him.

5. Dillard believes that some writers weaken their resolve to discard parts of their work. Why?
(a) People have told them it is too good to discard.
(b) It is too much work.
(c) They believe every word they write is too important to discard.
(d) The words have come to have a necessary quality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was seen outside the carrel window in Roanoke when Dillard peeked outside the blinds?

2. Where does the "line of words" go at the end of Chapter 1?

3. Which book does Dillard say she discovered that she touched every night in the darkened library to find her room?

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?

(see the answer key)

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