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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do praying mantises mate?
(a) the female lays eggs and the male comes by and fertilizes them
(b) the male kills the female when done and takes over the eggs
(c) they mate like people
(d) A female will mate and devour up to seven male mantises

2. Why did Dillard name this chapter "Seeing?"
(a) because she discusses the loss of sight
(b) she knows that to discover and understand she must be able to see
(c) because she believes to see she has to understand
(d) because she has found out some blind people regain their sight

3. What is it about weather that Dillard believes is a phenomena worth writing about?
(a) talking about the weather is one of seven or eight phenomena worth discussing
(b) whether ancient people talked about the weather
(c) how often the modern weather predictions are right
(d) how often the modern weather predictions are wrong

4. She claims the ability to see what is hidden is what?
(a) fate
(b) a special talent
(c) a piece of luck
(d) a gift

5. What does the author believe separates humans from their creator and humans from each other?
(a) self-consciousness
(b) indifference
(c) fear
(d) hate

Short Answer Questions

1. How do ladybugs hibernate?

2. What does Dillard say hinders people from experiencing the now?

3. What is the translation of trompes-l' esprit ?

4. How does Dillard see time?

5. How does the author say one can obtain "unself-conscious state?"

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