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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Argonauta.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does multiplicity in life lead to, according to the author?
(a) Fragmentation
(b) Being tired all the time
(c) Anger
(d) An interesting life

2. How does she relate time to the dance?
(a) Not dancing is being in the now
(b) Clinging to a step is the past, going too fast is the future
(c) Dancing apart is walking in different times
(d) Dancing hard is hanging onto the past

3. What does the Argonauta represent to Anne?
(a) Not clinging too tightly to the past
(b) To strive for rare objects
(c) To have a good relationship with her children
(d) To look for balance

4. What does the channeled whelk represent to the author?
(a) An existence of simplicity
(b) Convoluted schemes
(c) Knitting a sock
(d) Designs of man

5. What does a married woman's concerns keep her from doing?
(a) Going out with lots of men
(b) Being selfish
(c) Having a creative, contemplative or saintly life
(d) Being independent

Short Answer Questions

1. When one lets go of the past one does one get?

2. When does one go wrong in desiring love, according to the author?

3. What does the mother Argonauta do with her shell after the babies hatch?

4. What does Anne wishes she could do with the cottage?

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

(see the answer key)

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