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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the mother Argonauta do with her shell after the babies hatch?
(a) Gives it to her mate
(b) Eats it
(c) Leaves it and swims away
(d) The children take it with them

2. The author suggests that compassion may not be possible in the modern world for who?
(a) Groups of people
(b) Violent countries
(c) Individuals
(d) Criminals

3. What does Anne say people must do as far as time goes?
(a) Live in the present
(b) Throw away all clocks
(c) Not think about time at all
(d) Work faster

4. What does the author say a woman is full of?
(a) Love and hate
(b) Order and serenity
(c) Ambiguity and contradiction
(d) Peace and chaos

5. How does the author see the oyster shell?
(a) Beautiful and delicate
(b) As a cover for a pearl
(c) Humble, awkward, and ugly
(d) Strange and alien

6. What might limit a person's outlook on life?
(a) Looking for simplicity, inner integrity and fuller relationships
(b) Trying to stay as simple in the city as on the island
(c) Looking for easy answers
(d) Not being open to complexity

7. What does the author say makes it impossible to stand up for each person in existence?
(a) The lack of knowledge
(b) The over population of the world
(c) The lifespan of a person and demands placed on daily life
(d) The lack of heart and soul

8. By middle age, what does Anne assert most couples are doing?
(a) Quit the struggle for a place in the world
(b) Waiting for grandchildren
(c) Getting bored with each other
(d) Getting ready to start a new career

9. Why does the author think at this stage of life a large house is not necessary?
(a) It's too much to maintain
(b) It has too many memories
(c) It cost too much money
(d) The children will move away

10. What will she use to remind her of the island at home?
(a) Her shells
(b) The photos she took
(c) The letters she wrote home
(d) A journal

11. What does age bring with it, according to the author?
(a) Painful joints
(b) The need for closure
(c) The need for balance
(d) The need to shed things

12. To what does the author compare the oyster shell for comfort?
(a) A pair of old gardening gloves
(b) The gentle sun
(c) Soft sand
(d) A feather bed

13. What about space around an object changes it?
(a) It could change the color
(b) It could get lost
(c) It can stand out and be noticed and admired
(d) Someone might not see it and break it

14. What do most friends in the city do that precludes the answer to question #153?
(a) Activities and conversation
(b) Isolate themselves
(c) Work two jobs
(d) Go to school long hours

15. What types of habits does the daily life of marriage have?
(a) Work and play
(b) Good and bad
(c) Strong and weak
(d) Feminine and masculine

Short Answer Questions

1. Why would she believe the answer to question #151?

2. What does romantic love turn to, according to the author?

3. What is it acceptable for people to do together on the island?

4. How does the freedom of being a whole person effect a relationship?

5. The metaphor of dance exquisitely describes the method in which one may approach what?

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