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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is less time spent caring for the home now possible?
(a) Smaller houses
(b) A myriad inventions
(c) Men help
(d) Smaller families

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

3. How long does it take Anne to slip into a state of ease?
(a) A week
(b) The entire vacation
(c) A few days
(d) A few hours

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the author consider one of the most important techniques for living?

3. What does a married woman's concerns keep her from doing?

4. What kind of experience does the author say being alone was for her?

5. What about the author's life makes it more difficult to achieve simplicity?

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