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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parts 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Fletcher's idea was first fully formed, what doubts bugged him?
(a) How he would stay away from home so long.
(b) No real doubts.
(c) What he would do about his diabetes while he was on his journey.
(d) How he would ask his boss for time off.

2. What does Fletcher say was a sacrilege when it interrupted the silence of the Grand Canyon?
(a) The squawk of a blue jay.
(b) The screech of an owl.
(c) The honk of a horn.
(d) The bray of a donkey.

3. How long is the Grand Canyon?
(a) One thousand miles long.
(b) Between 50 and 100 miles long.
(c) Just under 30 miles long.
(d) More than two hundred miles long.

4. What part of nature is not described in "Part 2, The Dream?"
(a) The immenseness and timelessness of the Rim.
(b) The beauty of the Grand Canyon.
(c) The peace of the ocean.
(d) Various rocks.

5. 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) "Not a silence at all but the beautiful noise of nature."
(b) "A silence built of the seconds that had ticked away, eon after eon."
(c) "A silence established by an abundance of rock."
(d) "A silence of the future."

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Fletcher, how did the changes in the earth that formed the Grand Canyon happen?

2. Why did Fletcher decide to see the Grand Canyon the first time?

3. What urge came to Fletcher's mind as he witnessed the different sights at the Rim?

4. About how long did Fletcher stay at the Grand Canyon Village?

5. How does "Part 1, The Place" begin?

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