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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Few Shells.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of people does the author believe one would be unlikely to be friends with in a city?
(a) An eclectic group
(b) An old hippie
(c) A beatnik
(d) A surf bum

2. What stage of life does the author say the oyster shell best represents?
(a) Birth
(b) Youth
(c) Old age
(d) The middle years

3. What does the author say is required to obtain simplicity?
(a) Sacrifices
(b) Being single
(c) No family
(d) Simple surroundings

4. What does the author suggest people living in society are like?
(a) Trees, with branches reaching out to each other
(b) Waves
(c) Grains of sand, crowded and gritty
(d) Islands

5. What does the author forget when she's in the city?
(a) The rhythm and the pace of the sea
(b) Clean air
(c) The stars
(d) Clean water

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the author believe it will be difficult to remember her thoughts from the beach?

2. What types of habits does the daily life of marriage have?

3. How does the author think one's true identity is found?

4. Who preached against the dangers of multiplicity in the third century?

5. What does the author say will destroy the beauty and rhythm of the dance?

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