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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. When Dillard left her cabin for home in Chapter 5 during a northeaster, how was she feeling, walking down the beach?
(a) Light and dizzy.
(b) Blurry-eyed.
(c) Dead-like.
(d) Bright and alive.

2. How did Dillard come to understand the proper way to split wood?
(a) Via a dream.
(b) By sheer luck.
(c) She watched an instructional video.
(d) The neighbors told her.

3. What does Dillard say that she makes a pen drawing of in Chapter 2?
(a) Snapping turtles.
(b) The scenery outside her study carrel.
(c) Cows on a hilltop.
(d) People pulling into the parking lot.

4. What damage did the Smith-Corona typewriter do in Chapter 4?
(a) The table the typewriter was on collapsed.
(b) The rug got damaged.
(c) The curtains were set on fire.
(d) The writer's shirt was burned.

5. What is a writer compared to in Chapter 5?
(a) An alligator wrestler.
(b) A moth flying into a flame.
(c) A tiger trainer.
(d) A boxer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How long did it take William Faulkner to write "As I Lay Dying"?

3. What was the result of Dillard's first attempts at splitting wood in Chapter 3?

4. What do experienced writers urge young men and women to learn, according to Chapter 1?

5. Why did Dillard feel that an author must visit her work every day?

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