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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is another name for the Erosion Surface?
(a) The Rim.
(b) The Supai Formation.
(c) The Great Unconformity.
(d) The Grand Façade.

2. Approximately how thick is the third layer of the Grand Canyon?
(a) 20 feet.
(b) 1000 feet.
(c) 750 feet.
(d) 200 feet.

3. How long did it take to for the Grand Canyon to form?
(a) Millions of years.
(b) A thousand years.
(c) 500 Billion years.
(d) 200 years.

4. What was Fletcher's reaction upon his first trip to the Rim?
(a) Laughter at all the funny people there.
(b) Shock at the majesty of what he saw.
(c) Disgust at the destruction around him.
(d) Anger at his friend for bringing him.

5. Approximately how thick is the first layer of the Grand Canyon?
(a) 1000 feet.
(b) 5 feet.
(c) 400 feet.
(d) 20 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were two things Fletcher mentions could have made parts of his path impassable?

2. What does the book say geologists believe formed the Grand Canyon?

3. What lifestyle does Fletcher describe in a footnote in "Part 2, The Dream?"

4. What does Fletcher say he knew as soon as he saw the Grand Canyon?

5. Fletcher says while studying the Grand Canyon he realized the silence there was not a timeless one as he first thought. How does he define it instead?

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