Natural Beauty

Question 1

“Lake

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Michigan shining a half mile away” p55

Question 2

“A sea of pink flowers

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had risen between the shards of buildings.” p127

Question 3

“the perpetual

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hum of the city fading away” p177

Question 4

“But most striking

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was the absolute absence of electric light.” p190

Question 5

“he felt himself

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disappearing into the landscape.” p193

Question 6

“Was that sunlight on the other side of the East River?

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A beam had pierced the clouds in the far distance and was angling down over Queens.

Question 7

“the era of light pollution

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had come to an end” p251

Question 8

“Trees pushed up

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through the parking lots between rusted cars.” “…roots of maple trees disrupting the sidewalks.” p283

Question 9

“a buzz of insects all around them.”

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Then, following the action of the killing of the prophet’s men. “A flock of birds rose up above the rooftops and settled into the sudden quiet.” p284

Question 10

The beauty of this world

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where almost everyone was gone

Question 11

A stark

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beauty and unexpected beauty, silent metropolis, no movement.

Question 12

“If hell is other people

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what is a world with almost no people in it?”