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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Dillard refer to a Zulu warrior and an Aztec maiden in Chapter 3?
(a) As an analogy for readiness and preparation.
(b) To show what an author is like.
(c) As an idea for a writing theme.
(d) To compare writers to religious icons.

2. What was Dillard's only physical activity in the one-room log cabin on an empty beach?
(a) Walking along the beach at low tide.
(b) Practicing yoga on the beach.
(c) Walking a few feet from the bed to the desk.
(d) Jogging to her husband's cabin in the evening.

3. What animal, according to Dillard, is an analogy for characters in a writer's book "taking over"?
(a) The lion.
(b) The caterpillar.
(c) A shark.
(d) The sea star.

4. Who or what will teach someone to write, according to Dillard in Chapter 3?
(a) A fellow writer.
(b) The author.
(c) The blank page.
(d) Opacity.

5. When Dillard lacked sufficient energy for writing one morning in Chapter 3, what does she say she did to try and get it?
(a) Smoked and drank coffee.
(b) Split some wood and smoked.
(c) Ran a few miles and ate.
(d) Played the recorder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dillard find herself doing in the rare book room nearly every day for about two weeks?

2. What do television and films do to the body's senses, according to Dillard?

3. Which religious sect did Dillard read about in the Virginia library?

4. What was knocking on the carrel window as Dillard worked in Roanoke?

5. What did Dillard once describe a moth on a ship as doing?

(see the answer key)

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