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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dillard believes that, with indifference, nature hides what?
(a) butterflies
(b) the agony of prey and hunter
(c) wonders from the eye
(d) waterfalls

2. Dillard wrote, "the present is fleet." What did she mean by this statement?
(a) there is no present
(b) the present is like a group of ships
(c) the present goes by so quick one can barely glimpse it
(d) the present is the future

3. She claims the ability to see what is hidden is what?
(a) a piece of luck
(b) a special talent
(c) a gift
(d) fate

4. In Chapter 2, Dillard talks of a game she played where she would hide what?
(a) Raggedy Ann dolls
(b) pennies
(c) Easter eggs
(d) dimes and quarters

5. How does the author say one can obtain "unself-conscious state?"
(a) pure devotion to whatever one is doing at the moment
(b) through desperate illness
(c) through meditation
(d) through intense exercise

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Dillard say hinders people from experiencing the now?

4. Dillard says that a particular object remains unseen until what happens?

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

(see the answer key)

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