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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If you could watch the unfolding through time of every thing that ever existed on Earth, what does Dillard say you would see?
(a) an endless tempest of beauty
(b) joy
(c) destruction and fear
(d) upheaval and violence

2. What does Dillard mean when she says she's willing to sacrifice a little blood in order to be "in the thick of things?"
(a) she'd pick up a wild animal that might bite her
(b) she would fight on the front lines in any battle
(c) she would rather live life to its fullest even if it means being in danger
(d) she'd bleed to pick a rose

3. Before a baby can distinguish objects, what kind does it prefer?
(a) ones that have bright colors
(b) complex designs over simple ones
(c) ones that have moving parts
(d) ones that sparkle and shine

4. Dillard says there is loveliness and grace throughout creation. What is also there?
(a) violence
(b) fear
(c) scarcity
(d) the bizarre and grotesque

5. Silvery eels swim to the sea after eight years of maturing in obscure creeks and rivers. What happens to them at the sea?
(a) they lay eggs and then go into deep water for the rest of their lives
(b) they have offspring and bring them back in two years
(c) they lay their eggs and then die
(d) they mate with other eels then return to the fresh water

Short Answer Questions

1. Believing natural disasters were sent by God is an example of what?

2. How does Dillard believe the seeking of God takes place?

3. After she examines the snake skin closely, what does she figure out?

4. Dillard says the agnostic asks who created the universe. What does a believer ask?

5. How much impact on any of the creatures, mountains, or creek around her does the author think she has?

(see the answer key)

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