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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to form and texture, what does the author believe influences beauty?
(a) time
(b) color
(c) time of day
(d) perception

2. 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 lay their eggs and then die
(c) they have offspring and bring them back in two years
(d) they mate with other eels then return to the fresh water

3. What did a Russian botanist discover about locusts?
(a) locusts have too many babies
(b) locusts breed in the water
(c) locusts are merely grasshoppers under stress
(d) locusts will eat other insects

4. When Dillard moves from describing details of creation to trying to understand more about creation what is she doing?
(a) trying to think too much
(b) moving from logic to mysticism
(c) getting a little strange
(d) moving from what to why

5. 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'd bleed to pick a rose
(c) she would fight on the front lines in any battle
(d) she would rather live life to its fullest even if it means being in danger

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Dillard believes that "weather overlaps" which causes what?

3. What is the analogy she draws between the snake skin and the seasons?

4. Before a baby can distinguish objects, what kind does it prefer?

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

(see the answer key)

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