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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Anne become one with?
(a) The rhythms of the sea
(b) The people around her
(c) The sun
(d) The sand

3. At the beach, what is the first thing the author changes about herself?
(a) She quits taking showers
(b) She unplugs the telephone
(c) Her clothing
(d) Her hair, she cuts it very short

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

5. What two actions does the author say are not acceptable paths to simplicity?
(a) Being famous
(b) Total renunciation or total acceptance of the world
(c) Having more than three children
(d) Becoming rich

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the state of ease allow?

2. What does multiplicity in life lead to, according to the author?

3. How have the author's "roles" in life effected her life?

4. To what does Anne compare saying good-bye?

5. What effect does solitude have on people?

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