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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did Dr. Harvey Butchart study the Grand Canyon?
(a) 17 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) He never studied it.
(d) 25 years.

2. In "Part 4, Epilogue" what does Fletcher say no man has a right to do?
(a) Build cities.
(b) Stop the progress of other men.
(c) Vandalize a natural museum.
(d) Build dams.

3. Fletcher says while studying the Grand Canyon he realized the silence there was not a timeless one as he first thought. How does he define it instead?
(a) "A silence of the future."
(b) "A silence established by an abundance of rock."
(c) "A silence built of the seconds that had ticked away, eon after eon."
(d) "Not a silence at all but the beautiful noise of nature."

4. When did Fletcher's dream become a reality?
(a) Never.
(b) Early December.
(c) Mid-April.
(d) Late February.

5. How did Fletcher feel about the meeting he attended in "Part 4, Epiogue?"
(a) He was excited.
(b) He was horrified.
(c) He was uplifted.
(d) He was hopeful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Fletcher decide to spend the last two weeks of his journey?

2. What is considered the top layer of the Grand Canyon?

3. When Fletcher's idea was first fully formed, what doubts bugged him?

4. What did Fletcher find difficult, if not impossible, to mentally grasp and understand in "Chapter 1, Entrance?"

5. Part 1 is called "The Place." What is the place?

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