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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. What does Dillard say can be as blinding as complete darkness?
(a) some camp lanterns
(b) too much light
(c) a full moon at midnight
(d) a mind that is closed

2. What does she realize is the best way to quiet her mind?
(a) taking a sleeping pill
(b) sitting quietly and breathing deeply
(c) by offering a nonchalant nod to the presence of words in the head
(d) counting from 100 to zero backwards

3. What does Dillard say hinders people from experiencing the now?
(a) humans don't like to be in the now
(b) there is no now
(c) humans are always looking into the future
(d) being too aware of self, rather than the moment

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

5. Dillard says that a particular object remains unseen until what happens?
(a) a light is turned on
(b) one's attention is focused on it
(c) it moves
(d) the name of the object is known

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Dillard name this chapter "Seeing?"

2. How does the author say one can obtain "unself-conscious state?"

3. How do mice reach the grain at the top of a stalk?

4. What did Dillard do at one time about insects as a child?

5. Why do the male praying mantis come near the female?

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