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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 their eggs and then die
(b) they mate with other eels then return to the fresh water
(c) they have offspring and bring them back in two years
(d) they lay eggs and then go into deep water for the rest of their lives

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

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

5. Dillard says the agnostic asks who created the universe. What does a believer ask?
(a) who is God
(b) why am I in the universe
(c) why was the universe created
(d) what role does man play

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Dillard says there is loveliness and grace throughout creation. What is also there?

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

(see the answer key)

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