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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the analogy she draws between the snake skin and the seasons?
(a) snakes move depending on the season
(b) seasons are a continuous loop, just as she thought the snakeskin was
(c) there is no analogy between snakes and seasons
(d) snakes shed skins in accordance with the seasons

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

4. How does Dillard believe the seeking of God takes place?
(a) God is in nature
(b) God is everywhere but the best place to seek is in church
(c) Singing in the shower
(d) the seeking of God is a continuous loop, which never ends

5. Believing natural disasters were sent by God is an example of what?
(a) having faith
(b) not having a good science background
(c) not understanding God
(d) applying a spiritual interpretation to a natural phenomenon

Short Answer Questions

1. What did a Russian botanist discover about locusts?

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

3. In addition to form and texture, what does the author believe influences beauty?

4. If you could watch the unfolding through time of every thing that ever existed on Earth, what does Dillard say you would see?

5. In Chapter 5 Dillard writes about finding a snake. What appeared peculiar about the snake?

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