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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dillard writes that she is an avid collector of what?
(a) strange insects
(b) snake skins
(c) facts and ideas
(d) feathers

2. Why did Dillard name this chapter "Seeing?"
(a) because she believes to see she has to understand
(b) because she has found out some blind people regain their sight
(c) because she discusses the loss of sight
(d) she knows that to discover and understand she must be able to see

3. What causes most insects' behavior?
(a) imitating parents
(b) innate programming
(c) external stimuli
(d) the structure of their exoskeleton

4. What does Dillard see as a passive mystery?
(a) if nature is benign
(b) the mountains around her
(c) if her brother would enjoy life in Tinker Creek
(d) if there are fish in the creek

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author believe about the difference between abundant plant life and abundant insect life?

2. What does Dillard suggest is a similarity between her and plankton?

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

4. Dillard says if nature is not monstrous, then why does it appear that way to humans?

5. When Dillard moves from describing details of creation to trying to understand more about creation what is she doing?

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