Nature - Multiple Choice

Throughout the passage, the author uses the following techniques to illustrate nature EXCEPT:

MAYBE scientific detail

The speaker refers to the smile as "admonishing" (para. 1) to suggest:

MAYBE the stars scold humanity for neglecting nature in the streets of cities

Near the end of paragraph 4, the author's statement "I become a transparent eye-ball" functions as:

metaphor for the clarity of perception in one who abandons oneself to nature

Throughout the passage, the author's attitude toward nature is one of:

respectful awe

What is the primary rhetorical function of the sentence "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown!" (end of para. 1)?

to illustrate the sublime aspects of nature, which the author believes most humans take for granted

Which of the following explains the author's purpose for writing "The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign and accidental" (end of para. 4)?

to juxtapose the trivial distinctions among people with the divine unity of nature

The author's references to childhood in paragraph 4 serve to:

underscore his argument that only a pure, innocent spirit can truly understand nature