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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why did early Eskimos love winter?
2. What about the creek creates healing sounds?
3. Why did Dillard name this chapter "Seeing?"
4. What is it about weather that Dillard believes is a phenomena worth writing about?
5. Why did Xerxes stop the advance of his entire army?
Short Essay Questions
1. The "Present", Chapter 6 is also about time, but a very specific part of it, the "now." What are some of Dillard's thoughts on being in the present?
2. In Chapter 11, Dillard is mimicking a group of people. Who is she mimicking and why? How do you know this?
3. What does Dillard mean by the phase, "sinking into her center?" How does she use this technique?
4. How does Dillard muse on the "how" of creating?
5. How does Dillard relate parasites to her view of life?
6. Part of Dillard's struggle in her observation of the natural world is how much violence she seems to encounter. How does she relate this to the Hebrew altar?
7. Dillard remembers once seeing migrating Canadian geese fly, speeding across the duck pond which leads her to think what?
8. Chapter One is titled, "Heaven and Earth in Jest." Why do you think this was the title chosen for this first chapter?
9. What does Dillard conclude when she attempts to "view" creation from the standpoint of God?
10. What does Dillard believe about flowing water?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"Seeing," is the title of chapter two because the author realizes that in order to first discover and then understand, she must be able to see. What does Dillard mean by "seeing?" Is that different than "looking?" If you looked at an object would you call "seeing" it one thing and "looking" at it another? Why? What would the difference be?
Essay Topic 2
In chapter three, "Winter," Dillard suggests that with or without human interference, nature continues to exist. What do you think she meant by this? Give two examples and explain why the examples illustrate this principle.
Essay Topic 3
In the first part of chapter eight, the author goes into great detail about many phenomena of the natural world. Write about some of the details she has written. How has her writing changed in this chapter to reflect the theme of the intricacy of nature?
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