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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dillard see time?
(a) as an arrow through space
(b) as a maze of days
(c) as a continuous loop or an ascending spiral
(d) as being too long when waiting

2. When Dillard moves from describing details of creation to trying to understand more about creation what is she doing?
(a) trying to think too much
(b) moving from what to why
(c) getting a little strange
(d) moving from logic to mysticism

3. Believing natural disasters were sent by God is an example of what?
(a) not having a good science background
(b) having faith
(c) not understanding God
(d) applying a spiritual interpretation to a natural phenomenon

4. Dillard says there is loveliness and grace throughout creation. What is also there?
(a) fear
(b) violence
(c) scarcity
(d) the bizarre and grotesque

5. What is the analogy she draws between the snake skin and the seasons?
(a) snakes shed skins in accordance with the seasons
(b) there is no analogy between snakes and seasons
(c) snakes move depending on the season
(d) seasons are a continuous loop, just as she thought the snakeskin was

Short Answer Questions

1. Silvery eels swim to the sea after eight years of maturing in obscure creeks and rivers. What happens to them at the sea?

2. What does Dillard mean when she says she's willing to sacrifice a little blood in order to be "in the thick of things?"

3. In addition to form and texture, what does the author believe influences beauty?

4. How much impact on any of the creatures, mountains, or creek around her does the author think she has?

5. What did a Russian botanist discover about locusts?

(see the answer key)

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