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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Few Shells.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do sailors consider the Argonauta shell?
(a) It brings death
(b) It is lucky because they can sell it
(c) It brings fair weather
(d) It can cause a ship to overturn

2. What does the author say must be balanced in a woman's life?
(a) Work and play
(b) Knowledge and ignorance
(c) Solitude and communion
(d) Music and quiet

3. What does she do with the books she has stashed in the bag?
(a) She did not bring any books with her
(b) She studies them and writes in them
(c) They remain unread
(d) She reads them at night

4. When one lets go of the past one does one get?
(a) Peace of mind
(b) A different present
(c) Nothing
(d) A certain freedom

5. What does Anne say about a perfect day?
(a) They happen all the time
(b) They are impossible
(c) Everyday is perfect
(d) Life is not filled with continuous perfect days

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Anne Lindbergh believe has helped shape her life?

3. What does the author seek to do at the sea?

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

5. What does Anne say is valid as far as one-and-only moments?

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