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

2. In Chapter 3, Dillard stalks a bird along the iced over creek. What kind of bird was it?
(a) coot
(b) blue jay
(c) robin
(d) duck

3. What is figurative seeing?
(a) closing the eyes and seeing another world
(b) watching the invisible
(c) seeing in dreams
(d) seeing with the inner eye and looking beyond outward appearances

4. How do praying mantises mate?
(a) the male kills the female when done and takes over the eggs
(b) A female will mate and devour up to seven male mantises
(c) the female lays eggs and the male comes by and fertilizes them
(d) they mate like people

5. What is the literal act of seeing?
(a) watching for movement in the clouds
(b) learning how to spot the different wildlife
(c) using binoculars to see a great distance
(d) opening the eyes and looking straight ahead

Short Answer Questions

1. How do blind people who suddenly gain sight usually see objects at first?

2. What is Dillard illustrating in her story about the Polyphemus moth from her childhood?

3. In Chapter 4 what does Dillard use for controlling garden insects?

4. What does the author believe separates humans from their creator and humans from each other?

5. What does Dillard's fascination and stories about praying mantises demonstrate?

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