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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the mindset of the second week at the beach different from the city mindset?
(a) It is blank
(b) It is creative
(c) It is elusive
(d) It is softer and more playful

2. What will the moon shell placed on her desk in Connecticut do for the author?
(a) Nothing
(b) Get the desk sandy
(c) It will be a reminder
(d) Smell bad

3. During the second week, what comes forth in Anne's mind?
(a) New knitting patterns
(b) New book ideas
(c) Unconscious thoughts and dreams
(d) New paintings to do

4. What does the author seek to do at the sea?
(a) Get a tan
(b) Lose weight
(c) Meet a man
(d) Free herself from the demands of city life

5. What pains and amuses the author about married women and the church?
(a) They have to sit with their husbands
(b) They can't become priests
(c) They don't have time for church
(d) Married women are rarely canonized

6. What does the author say gets in the way of simplification?
(a) Illness
(b) Computers
(c) Television
(d) All the details of daily living

7. Why does the author believe people often break up a romantic relationship?
(a) People believe a new relationship will solve their problems
(b) Infidelity or too much flirting
(c) Bad sex
(d) Fighting about money and children

8. Who does Anne Lindbergh believe has helped shape her life?
(a) Her religion
(b) Her education
(c) The people who have helped to create it
(d) Her ideas

9. What does the author say the inner point of a moon shell does?
(a) Breaks easily
(b) Contains the meat
(c) Changes colors
(d) Stares at her

10. What does the author say about one and only moments in a relationship?
(a) They are to be avoided
(b) They don't exist
(c) They are not permanent
(d) They aren't healthy

11. Anne says every relationship seems how, at the beginning?
(a) Glorious
(b) Simple
(c) Tense
(d) Frustrating

12. To what does Anne compare saying good-bye?
(a) A sad moment
(b) A necessary moment
(c) An amputation
(d) A happy moment

13. What kind of container does she carry to the beach everyday?
(a) A leather purse
(b) A faded straw bag
(c) A canteen
(d) A terry cloth bag

14. What does living life an on island do for the author's thoughts?
(a) Gives them more depth
(b) Sends them away
(c) Makes her think in esoteric ways
(d) Strengthens thoughts on solitude

15. For how long will the author be doing the answer in question #1?
(a) Two months
(b) Two weeks
(c) Three days
(d) A year

Short Answer Questions

1. What does being alone generally suggest in this society?

2. Why is less time spent caring for the home now possible?

3. Why does the author have to rush in the city?

4. What could happen without inner strength and spiritual solidity?

5. What allows a person to give of oneself?

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