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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14, Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author see the violence in the natural world?
(a) as something that needs changed
(b) as a mistake God made
(c) as inevitable
(d) as a symbolic sacrifice

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

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

4. Ultimately, what does Dillard say about predators or parasites?
(a) a predator can be infested with a parasite
(b) predators get parasites from their food
(c) it's eat or starve no matter who you are
(d) parasites are suicidal

5. When Dillard saw migrating Canadian geese fly, speeding across the duck pond, what did she think?
(a) that she should think about going south for the winter
(b) that she'd never seen so many large birds together
(c) that she has never witnessed such energetic movement
(d) that it was time to get wood for the winter

Short Answer Questions

1. If there were only one tree in the world, what would happen, according to the author?

2. Generally, what will praying mantises eat?

3. How are ladybugs shipped to gardeners?

4. Dillard believes that, with indifference, nature hides what?

5. Dillard suggests that the physical world is "all touch and go." What does she mean by this?

(see the answer key)

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